"predominant" in the adjective sense
1. prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife
most frequent or common
"prevailing winds"
2. overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating
having superior power and influence
"the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)
Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.
View WordNet® License