preponderance
greater weight, force, or amount
Roots
- pond / ponder: weight, weighing, or serious consideration
- pre-: before, earlier, or in front
Other words with the pond / ponder root
- imponderable: impossible or very difficult to estimate or weigh
- ponder: to think carefully
- ponderous: heavy, slow, or dull from weight
- pound: unit of weight
- preponderant: having greater weight, influence, or importance
Preponderance is one side weighing more than the other.
A preponderance of evidence pointed to a simple explanation.
Preponderance is a courtroom-friendly weight image: put the evidence on two sides of a scale, and one side sinks lower.