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Examples
  • //I'm more of a thinker than a doer.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
doer
noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

AAFP
abbreviation

Definition

  • American Academy of Family Physicians
dom​i​nant
adjective
dom·​i·​nant
ˈdä-mə-nənt ˈdäm-nənt

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others //the dominant culture
    very important, powerful, or successful //a dominant theme //a dominant industry //the team's dominant performance
  • overlooking and commanding from a superior position //a dominant hill
  • of, relating to, or exerting ecological or genetic dominance //dominant genes //dominant and recessive traits
  • biology being the one of a pair of bodily structures that is the more effective or predominant in action //dominant eye //used her dominant hand
noun

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • music the fifth tone of a major or minor scale (see scale entry 5 sense 1)
  • genetics a character or factor that exerts genetic dominance (see dominance sense 1b)
    ecology any of one or more kinds of organism (such as a species) in an ecological community that exerts a controlling influence on the environment and thereby largely determines what other kinds of organisms are present //dominant conifers
    sociology an individual having a controlling, prevailing, or powerful position in a social hierarchy a dominant (see dominant entry 1 sense 1) individual in a social hierarchy
Other Words
Adjective
  • dom​i​nant​ly adverb
Examples
  • //I'm more of a thinker than a doer.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
doer
noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

AAFP
abbreviation

Definition

  • American Academy of Family Physicians
dom​i​nant
adjective
dom·​i·​nant
ˈdä-mə-nənt ˈdäm-nənt

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others //the dominant culture
    very important, powerful, or successful //a dominant theme //a dominant industry //the team's dominant performance
  • overlooking and commanding from a superior position //a dominant hill
  • of, relating to, or exerting ecological or genetic dominance //dominant genes //dominant and recessive traits
  • biology being the one of a pair of bodily structures that is the more effective or predominant in action //dominant eye //used her dominant hand
noun

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • music the fifth tone of a major or minor scale (see scale entry 5 sense 1)
  • genetics a character or factor that exerts genetic dominance (see dominance sense 1b)
    ecology any of one or more kinds of organism (such as a species) in an ecological community that exerts a controlling influence on the environment and thereby largely determines what other kinds of organisms are present //dominant conifers
    sociology an individual having a controlling, prevailing, or powerful position in a social hierarchy a dominant (see dominant entry 1 sense 1) individual in a social hierarchy
Other Words
Adjective
  • dom​i​nant​ly adverb
Examples
  • //I'm more of a thinker than a doer.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
doer
noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

AAFP
abbreviation

Definition

  • American Academy of Family Physicians
dom​i​nant
adjective
dom·​i·​nant
ˈdä-mə-nənt ˈdäm-nənt

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others //the dominant culture
    very important, powerful, or successful //a dominant theme //a dominant industry //the team's dominant performance
  • overlooking and commanding from a superior position //a dominant hill
  • of, relating to, or exerting ecological or genetic dominance //dominant genes //dominant and recessive traits
  • biology being the one of a pair of bodily structures that is the more effective or predominant in action //dominant eye //used her dominant hand
noun

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • music the fifth tone of a major or minor scale (see scale entry 5 sense 1)
  • genetics a character or factor that exerts genetic dominance (see dominance sense 1b)
    ecology any of one or more kinds of organism (such as a species) in an ecological community that exerts a controlling influence on the environment and thereby largely determines what other kinds of organisms are present //dominant conifers
    sociology an individual having a controlling, prevailing, or powerful position in a social hierarchy a dominant (see dominant entry 1 sense 1) individual in a social hierarchy
Other Words
Adjective
  • dom​i​nant​ly adverb
Examples
  • //I'm more of a thinker than a doer.
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
doer
noun

Synonyms & Antonyms

AAFP
abbreviation

Definition

  • American Academy of Family Physicians
dom​i​nant
adjective
dom·​i·​nant
ˈdä-mə-nənt ˈdäm-nənt

Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

  • commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others //the dominant culture
    very important, powerful, or successful //a dominant theme //a dominant industry //the team's dominant performance
  • overlooking and commanding from a superior position //a dominant hill
  • of, relating to, or exerting ecological or genetic dominance //dominant genes //dominant and recessive traits
  • biology being the one of a pair of bodily structures that is the more effective or predominant in action //dominant eye //used her dominant hand
noun

Definition (Entry 2 of 2)

  • music the fifth tone of a major or minor scale (see scale entry 5 sense 1)
  • genetics a character or factor that exerts genetic dominance (see dominance sense 1b)
    ecology any of one or more kinds of organism (such as a species) in an ecological community that exerts a controlling influence on the environment and thereby largely determines what other kinds of organisms are present //dominant conifers
    sociology an individual having a controlling, prevailing, or powerful position in a social hierarchy a dominant (see dominant entry 1 sense 1) individual in a social hierarchy
Other Words
Adjective
  • dom​i​nant​ly adverb