Hyphenation of dominant

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word dominant? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

dom-i-nant

Definitions of dominant:

1.	(music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale
2.	An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
3.	Exercising influence or control Television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion The dominant partner in the marriage
4.	(of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar
5.	Most frequent or common Prevailing winds

Synonyms of dominant:

adj	dominant, ascendant, ascendent, dominating, controlling, governing, in charge, overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating, possessive, sovereign, supreme, superior, superior
adj	dominant
noun	note, musical note, tone

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.