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Dominates means to exert control or superior influence over something or someone.
A country dominates its neighbors through military power; a player dominates a game by outperforming all others.
The word implies commanding presence or overwhelming advantage: She dominated the conversation, The cathedral dominates the skyline.
In relationships, dominating can suggest unhealthy control.
Overcomes or bests
- beatsPulses or defeats
- crushesCompresses with force
- overpowersDefeats through greater strength
- trouncesDefeats overwhelmingly
outperforms · conquers · vanquishes · subdues · outclasses · overwhelms · triumphs · prevails
Moves rhythmically sideways
- shapesExternal outlines of things
- controlsOperates or regulates
- manipulatesControls through cunning
- moldsHollow shaping containers
drives · determines · dictates · steers · guides · coerces · pressures · leverages
Fills or holds space
- controlsOperates or regulates
- holdsKeeps in possession
- commandsAuthoritative orders given
- claimsStatements of truth
annexes · colonizes · subjugates · rules · possesses · seizes · captures · secures
Tall vertical structures
- overshadowsDominates by comparison
- loomsEmerges menacingly, or textile frames
- headlinesArticle titles in newspapers
- leadsGoes in front
anchors · tops · crowns · fronts · monopolizes · permeates · saturates · pervades
Exercises political authority
- commandsAuthoritative orders given
- directsCommands or guides
- regulatesControls by rules
- managesDirects or copes
oversees · rules · dictates · steers · administers · orchestrates · manipulates · handles
defeats
Overcomes or bests
- beatsPulses or defeats
- crushesCompresses with force
- overpowersDefeats through greater strength
trounces · outperforms · conquers · vanquishes · subdues · outclasses · overwhelms · triumphs · prevails · bests
sways
Moves rhythmically sideways
- shapesExternal outlines of things
- controlsOperates or regulates
- manipulatesControls through cunning
molds · drives · determines · dictates · steers · guides · coerces · pressures · leverages · persuades
occupies
Fills or holds space
claims · annexes · colonizes · subjugates · rules · possesses · seizes · captures · secures · fortifies
towers
Tall vertical structures
- overshadowsDominates by comparison
- loomsEmerges menacingly, or textile frames
- headlinesArticle titles in newspapers
leads · anchors · tops · crowns · fronts · monopolizes · permeates · saturates · pervades · defines
governs
Exercises political authority
manages · oversees · rules · dictates · steers · administers · orchestrates · manipulates · handles · conducts
- world dominationComplete control of Earth
- total dominationComplete control over everything
- foreign domination
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