preponderance

About 1.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Superiority in amount or number; the bulk or majority; also, a large amount or number; an abundance, a profusion.
2. noun Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.
3. noun Greater physical weight.
4. noun The excess of weight of that part of a cannon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

Similar words

prevalence predominance paramountcy superiority supremacy most intensity main primacy emphasis

Often followed by

of in to over is and which on was

Word family

preponderances