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ascendant


I - noun
1. position or state of being dominant or in control
- that idea was in the ascendant
Syn:
ascendent
Hypernyms:
dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Syn:
ancestor, ascendent, antecedent, root
Ant:
descendant (for: ancestor)
Derivationally related forms:
antecedent (for: antecedent), ancestral (for: ancestor)
Hypernyms:
relative, relation
Hyponyms:
ancestress, forebear, forbear, forefather, father,
sire, foremother, progenitor, primogenitor

II - adjective
1. tending or directed upward
- "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
Syn:
ascendent, ascensive
Similar to:
ascending
Derivationally related forms:
ascend (for: ascensive), ascend (for: ascendent), ascend
2. most powerful or important or influential
- the economically ascendant class
- D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
Syn:
ascendent, dominating
Similar to:
dominant
Derivationally related forms:
ascendency (for: ascendent), ascendence (for: ascendent), ascendancy, ascendance

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