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Synonyms for dominant
The synonym for dominant recorded in this bank is commanding, in the sense "holding a commanding, superior position in a contest". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for dominant
- commandingadjective, in the sense "holding a commanding, superior position in a contest"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and dominant carries one sense so far.
holding a commanding, superior position in a contest
With three games remaining, they held a dominant position atop the league table.
The true synonym
commanding
Same sentence, swapped: With three games remaining, they held a commanding position atop the league table.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- precarious
- tenuous
- shaky
Where dominant turns up in the game
dominant is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where dominant is the trap
- accidentaladjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is incidental, in the sense "not of prime or central importance", and dominant is on the board beside it.
- triumphantadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is rejoicing, in the sense "joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success", and dominant is on the board beside it.
Play dominant
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so dominant reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from competition at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. dominant carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.