Preponderate

Synonyms for "preponderate" (66 found)

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Verb(4 words)

ascendant best bestride better boss cap chief commanding controlling dictate

Strong matches (19)

dominant dominate domineer exceed excel general go one better governing have the ascendancy head improve improve on in charge lay down the law lead by the nose leading master outweigh

Verb(1 words)

outbalance

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dominate predominate prevail reign rule

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preponder preponderance preponderant

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preponderately preponderatingly unpreponderating

manner of

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predominate

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decide exceed heavy incline moral outweigh power predominate prefer preponder preponderance preponderant

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an inconsiderable weight by virtue of its distance from the Centre of the Ballance, will preponderate much greater magnitudes

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That is the preponderating consideration to which everything else has to yield.

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The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace.

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Anxiety preponderated over hope; and it was scarcely possible for Evelyn to encounter a danger not previously conjured up by the alarmed fancy of his mistress.

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