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pre·dom·i·nant Listen to audio/prɪˈdɑ:mənənt/ adjective
[more predominant; most predominant] : more important, powerful, successful, or noticeable than other people or things
Red is the predominant [=main] color in the painting. Religion is the predominant theme of the play. She is predominant among new writers. Older people are predominant in that neighborhood. [=most of the people in that neighborhood are older]
— pre·dom·i·nant·ly adverb
The speech was predominantly [=mainly, primarily] about tax cuts. The people in that neighborhood are predominantly [=mostly] older.

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