REGNANT Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

regnant

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Definition of regnant

as in dominant

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Recent Examples of regnant Political discourse is reduced to opinions at once homogenous and balkanized, reinforced by the echo chambers of the day’s regnant algorithms. — Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026 Since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, anti-Chinese sentiment has become not merely trendy, but politically regnant. — Sam Thielman, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 Her opponent, nonprofit leader and billionaire's son Josh Kraft, and who's campaigning against what he's characterized as Wu's regnant leadership style. — Mike Deehan, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025 Within many of our most crucial institutions, suppositions that would have been considered the height of lunacy even a few years ago have become regnant overnight. — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 27 June 2023 The trope tends to elegize artists who are perceived to be ahead of their time or otherwise inimical to regnant conventions. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021 Their leaders speak with a regnant air, hammering the notion that their return to power is all but inevitable. — Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2021

Recent Examples of Synonyms for regnant

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The result is one of the most quietly dominant competitive positions in modern industry.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Georgia looked dominant in the opening minutes, even after Stockton had to leave after hitting the field helmet-first on the first play of the game.

— Charles Odum, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of dominant

Adjective

About 90% of the investor base of the company, including Larry Ellison, the Oracle billionaire and father of Skydance CEO David Ellison, as well as RedBird Capital, Middle East sovereign wealth funds and other backers, did not receive the warrants.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund isn’t slowing its dealmaking, a senior executive said, even as the Iran war gutted the state’s revenue by 42% in the first half of the year.

— Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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The defense team plans to employ Othram to conduct a Y-STR test, a method that isolates DNA from the Y chromosome to generate a profile of a male contributor in samples where female DNA is predominant.

— Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
There are two predominant rumors about how a wild herd ended up in the Inland Empire, Spasojevic said.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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Lack of preparation Eight weeks after the UAE withdrawal, the US and Israel launched a war on Iran, killing supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
Winston cigarettes and Davidoff cigars serve to sell an image of supreme, untouchable confidence.

— Michael Douglas, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026