dominating

Meanings

• be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
• be in control
• have dominance or the power to defeat over
• be greater in significance than
• look down on
• most powerful or important or influential
  • "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
• used of a height or viewpoint
  • "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"
• offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
  • "a rather aggressive and dominating character"

Synonyms

ascendant, ascendent, autocratic, bossy, command, commanding, dominate, eclipse, high-and-mighty, magisterial, master, overlook, overlooking, overshadow, overtop, peremptory, predominate, prevail, reign, rule