Definition of dominates

"dominates" in the verb sense

1. predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail

be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance

"Money reigns supreme here"

"Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

2. dominate

be in control

"Her husband completely dominates her"

3. dominate, master

have dominance or the power to defeat over

"Her pain completely mastered her"

"The methods can master the problems"

4. overshadow, dominate, eclipse

be greater in significance than

"the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"

5. dominate, command, overlook, overtop

look down on

"The villa dominates the town"

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Quotations for dominates

Every woman carries in the depths of her soul a mysterious weapon, instinct - that virgin instinct, incorruptible, which requires her neither to learn, to reason, nor to know, which binds the strong will of man, dominates his sovereign reason, and pales our little scientific tapers.

dominates in Scrabble®

The word dominates is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters dominates:

DOMINATES
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (25 words)

adonise, amidone, animose, anodise, atomise, daemons, destain, detains, diatoms, domains, donates, endmost, inmates, instead, maidens, mastoid, medians, mindset, misdate, misdone, moisten, sainted, sideman, stained, tandems

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In dominates

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dominates in Words With Friends™

The word dominates is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters dominates:

DOMINATES
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (25 words)

adonise, amidone, animose, anodise, atomise, daemons, destain, detains, diatoms, domains, donates, endmost, inmates, instead, maidens, mastoid, medians, mindset, misdate, misdone, moisten, sainted, sideman, stained, tandems

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word dominates

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In dominates

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Shorter words in dominates

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