ascendant
1. [ noun ] position or state of being dominant or in control
Synonyms: ascendent
Examples:

: "that idea was in the ascendant"

Related terms: dominance
2. [ adjective ] most powerful or important or influential
Synonyms: dominating ascendent
Examples:

"the economically ascendant class" "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"

Related terms: dominant
3. [ adjective ] tending or directed upward
Synonyms: ascensive ascendent
Examples:

"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

Related terms: ascending
4. [ noun ] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
Synonyms: ancestor antecedent root ascendent
Related terms: descendant relative forefather foremother progenitor forebear ancestress
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