preponderate

preponderate is a 12-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance.
2. transitive verb. To overpower by stronger or moral power.
3. transitive verb. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide.
4. intransitive verb. To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated.
5. verb. weigh more heavily

   "these considerations outweigh our wishes"

   Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, overbalance

Synonyms

outbalance, outweigh, overbalance

Common word forms

preponderated, preponderates, preponderately, preponderating

Words from these letters

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