As communism has collapsed, capitalism is now accused of trying to "dominate the world."
Source: tatoeba (19261)
Dominate
//ˈdɑ.məˌneɪt//
Synonyms for "dominate" (104 found)
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Closest matches (21)
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Related words (52)
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11 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
7 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
16 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- balltoj verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Arabic
1 entries- سَيْطَرَ verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Bulgarian
4 entries- властвам verb (to enjoy a commanding position in some field)
- господствам verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- доминирам verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
- преобладавам verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Catalan
1 entries- dominar verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Czech
1 entries- dominovat verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Dutch
4 entries- dominaat noun (late period of the Roman Empire)
- domineren verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- domineren verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
- overheersen verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Esperanto
2 entries- domini verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- superregi verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Finnish
4 entries- dominoida verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
- hallita verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- hallita verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
- hallita verb (to enjoy a commanding position in some field)
French
2 entries- dominat noun (late period of the Roman Empire)
- dominer verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Galician
2 entries- dominar verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- dominar verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
German
1 entries- dominieren verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Greek
1 entries- δεσπόζω verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रभुत्व रखना verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Ido
1 entries- dominacar verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Interlingua
2 entries- dominar verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- dominar verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
Italian
3 entries- dominato noun (late period of the Roman Empire)
- dominare verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- dominare verb (to overlook from a height)
Japanese
4 entries- 支配する verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- 支配する verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
- 治める verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- 統べる verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Korean
4 entries- 내려다보다 verb (to overlook from a height)
- 우세(優勢)하다 verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
- 좌우하다 verb (to enjoy a commanding position in some field)
- 지배(支配)하다 verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Latin
1 entries- dominor verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Middle English
1 entries- daunten verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
Mirandese
1 entries- adominar verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Polish
4 entries- dominować verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- dominować verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
- dominować verb (to overlook from a height)
- górować verb (to overlook from a height)
Portuguese
2 entries- dominato noun (late period of the Roman Empire)
- dominar verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Romanian
1 entries- domina verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Russian
4 entries- госпо́дствовать verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- домини́ровать verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- домини́ровать verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
- преоблада́ть verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Slovene
1 entries- vladati verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Spanish
1 entries- dominar verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Swedish
3 entries- dominera verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- dominera verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
- dominera verb (to enjoy a commanding position in some field)
Thai
3 entries- ครอบงำ verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
- ครอบงำ verb (to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone)
- ปกครอง verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Turkish
1 entries- hükmetmek verb (to govern, rule or control by superior authority or power)
Sample sentences
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No matter how often I put on my thinking cap, I am afraid my unpreparedness will dominate.
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Don't let that man dominate you.
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Due to his skill in cutting corners, he managed to dominate the senior staff.
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