Synonyms of dominating

dominating 1 of 3

noun

as in conquest

the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control

the gradual dominating of Europe by a few ruling families

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conquest
• domination
• subjugation
• takeover
• subjection
• overpowering
• subduing
• subjugating
• victory
• vanquishing
• subjecting
• winning
• win
• whipping
• defeat
• triumph
• trimming
• licking
• beating
• trouncing
• enslavement
• drubbing
• shellacking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liberation
• freeing
• release
• emancipation
• enfranchisement
• manumission

dominating

2 of 3

adjective

1

as in dominant

Related Words

• dominant
• prominent
• eminent
• tall
• towering
• lifted
• lofty
• high
• uplifted
• altitudinous
• elevated
• raised
• statuesque
• upswept
• high-rise

Dissimilar Words

• short
• low
• squat
• flat
• low-lying
• stubby
• stumpy

2

as in domineering

Related Words

• domineering
• overbearing
• magisterial
• feisty
• imperious
• confident
• daring
• scrappy
• cocky
• insolent
• lordly
• bumptious
• determined
• unapologetic
• impudent
• overconfident
• dynamic
• brassy
• adventurous
• dashing
• cheeky
• brash
• emboldened
• adventuresome
• forward
• unyielding
• obtrusive
• audacious
• emphatic
• hustling
• unsubdued
• bare-knuckle
• gutsy
• venturous
• cocksure
• venturesome
• presumptuous
• bold
• energetic
• combative
• strenuous
• belligerent
• vigorous
• gung ho
• aggressive
• pugnacious
• warlike
• bellicose
• assertive
• high-pressure
• in-your-face
• contentious
• hyperaggressive
• ambitious
• overambitious
• gladiatorial
• pushy
• militant
• quarrelsome
• argumentative
• truculent
• enterprising
• disputatious
• discordant
• fierce
• trigger-happy
• self-assertive
• go-getting
• self-asserting

Dissimilar Words

• low-pressure
• unaggressive
• unassertive
• submissive
• relaxed
• yielding
• amenable
• docile
• unambitious
• nonassertive
• easygoing
• shrinking
• compliant
• deferential
• acquiescent
• tractable
• passive
• resigned
• subdued
• quiet
• mild
• modest
• ambitionless
• humble
• timid
• unenterprising
• meek
• retiring
• shy
• reserved
• unobtrusive
• lowly
• laid-back
• subservient
• bashful
• servile
• demure
• diffident
• slavish
• cowering
• mousy
• obsequious
• cringing
• groveling
• overmodest

dominating

3 of 3

verb

present participle of dominate

1

as in conquering

to bring under one's control by force of arms

by 1941 Hitler had dominated much of Europe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conquering
• subduing
• subjecting
• defeating
• overcoming
• subjugating
• overpowering
• subordinating
• enslaving
• vanquishing
• reducing
• pacifying
• beating
• crushing
• smashing
• annihilating
• whipping
• licking
• suppressing
• clobbering
• prevailing (over)
• thrashing
• trouncing
• routing
• quelling
• mowing (down)
• triumphing (over)
• smothering
• drubbing
• walloping
• repressing
• silencing
• squashing
• squelching
• quashing
• skunking
• breaking
• cracking down (on)
• putting down
• snuffing (out)
• clamping down (on)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• liberating
• springing
• releasing
• emancipating
• discharging
• enfranchising
• unfettering
• manumitting
• unbinding
• unchaining
• uncaging

2

as in overlooking

to look down on

the ruined fortress dominates the town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overlooking
• commanding
• facing
• fronting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dominating

Noun

The trend cycle in beauty is rapid, but there’s not one identifiable aesthetic dominating the present moment. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026

Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev has had a long-running partnership with the NFL centered on Budweiser, Bud Light, Michelob Ultra and Stella Artois, dominating alcohol beverage market share within the league’s 32 football stadiums. — John Kell, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Eagles won’t be ready to start the season dominating with too many young players but beware by season’s end. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026

Perturbed, Denise angrily peppered her boyfriend with bullets during a dominating paintball performance. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 July 2026

In the 92nd minute, with Spain dominating but scoreless, Argentina’s Enzo Fernández, already playing on a yellow, made a reckless tackle. — Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 20 July 2026

With New Zealand dominating, another attack brought a penalty, a lineout and after a series of forays by forwards, a long pass to Ruben Love who was stopped on the line only for McKenzie to pick up and score. — ABC News, 18 July 2026

Is this ongoing trend of pitchers throwing 100 mph and dominating hitters really good for the game? — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026

These digital tokens, which are pegged to fiat currencies and emitted by companies rather than a central bank, have proliferated globally, with behemoths like Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC dominating the marketplace. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Adjective

You’re supposed to win when that happens … except that the two Dodgers starters, Shohei Ohtani and Blake Snell, were equally dominating. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025

Verb

Speculation around Tarik Skubal — even if tangible talks still seem quiet — is dominating the sport’s news cycle. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Figures such as Assemblyman Carl DeMaio from San Diego County, an aggressive fiscal hawk who excels at dominating conservative media and raising grassroots funds, command a fiercely loyal base. — Dain Fitzgerald, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

The actor’s return to the Spider-Man franchise comes just two weeks after The Odyssey, another movie he and his wife Zendaya, 29, appeared in, began dominating the box office. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Captured with its Mastcam instrument, a panorama composed of 340 images taken back on June 19 show the hexagons dominating a huge stretch of the landscape. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 July 2026

With the success of their most recent comeback album, ARIRANG, dominating the charts and breaking numerous sales records, many experts slated it as a leading contender for the Grammy Awards. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Superhero movies weren't dominating the box office, and tapping the Evil Dead director for a PG-13 action romp that had been in development hell for 25 years wasn't guaranteed to work out. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 29 July 2026

By now, the moon is dominating the night sky, albeit low on the horizon, and on Wednesday, July 29 — the night before the full Buck Moon — the Summer Triangle will appear to point straight at it. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 24 July 2026

An unusually busy week of TV for late June, with six other streaming titles topping the billion-minute mark, plus the World Cup dominating linear TV, may be partly to blame for the decline. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026