Synonyms for supremacy
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Noun
1. Dominance
dominance, domination, superiority, ascendancy, leadership, dominion, mastery, sovereignty, victory, authority, predominance, influence, rule, lordship, mastership, command, upper hand, predominancy, sway
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Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being supreme.
Related words
- Word family
- supremacist
- Phrases
- straight supremacy
Forms
- Plural
- supremacies → dominances, dominations, superiorities, ascendancies…
Example sentences
- dominance The dominance of English kills the European debate.
- domination He's always thwarting my plans for world domination.
- superiority He said this with his typical air of superiority.
- ascendancy He had been completely under his wife's ascendancy.
- precedence Can sea-based trade take precedence over land-based trade in Algeria?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| supremacy | steady | |
| dominance | rising | |
| domination | steady | |
| superiority | steady | |
| ascendancy | steady | |
| precedence | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- rule1, sway1
- 7 letters
- victory3, command2, mastery3
- 8 letters
- dominion3, lordship2
- 9 letters
- authority4, influence3, dominance3
- 10 letters
- leadership3, domination4, precedence3, ascendancy4, mastership
- 11 letters
- sovereignty3, superiority6
- 12 letters
- predominance4, predominancy
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (victory3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- suprématie
- Español
- supremacía