dominating
Other forms: dominatingly
If something is dominating, that means it has a powerful and commanding position. If your team is dominating on the basketball court, you're not only winning, you're outplaying your opponents.
Dominating comes from the root word dominate, which comes from the Latin word dominari, meaning "to rule, to govern." When you're a dominating presence, you're self-assured and clearly in charge of your environment — possibly even to the point of being bossy. An object can be dominating too, such as that tall church in the distance that's dominating the landscape.
Definitions of dominating
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offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power“a rather aggressive and dominating character”
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synonyms:
autocratic, bossy, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory
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domineering
tending to domineer
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domineering
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most powerful, important, or influential
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(used of a height or viewpoint) looking down on from a higher or more commanding position“looked up at the castle dominating the countryside”
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synonyms:
commanding, overlooking
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high
(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')
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high
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