dominating meaning and definition

DOMINATING adjective

Definition of dominating (adjective)

1. most powerful or important or influential
   • "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
   • synonyms: ascendant, ascendent
2. used of a height or viewpoint
   • "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"
   • synonyms: commanding, overlooking
3. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
   • "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"
   • synonyms: autocratic, bossy, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory