'ascendancy' definitions:
Definition of 'ascendancy'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her" [syn: dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control]
Synonyms of 'ascendancy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplishment,
- ascendance,
- authority,
- balance of power,
- Cadmean victory,
- championship,
- charisma,
- charm,
- clout,
- conquest,
- consequence,
- control,
- credit,
- deanship,
- dominance,
- dominancy,
- domination,
- dominion,
- easy victory,
- effect,
- eminence,
- eminent domain,
- enchantment,
- esteem,
- excellence,
- favor,
- force,
- good feeling,
- grand slam,
- greatness,
- hold,
- importance,
- incidental power,
- incomparability,
- influence,
- influentiality,
- inimitability,
- insinuation,
- knockout,
- KO,
- landslide,
- landslide victory,
- lead,
- leadership,
- leverage,
- magnetism,
- majority,
- masterdom,
- mastery,
- moment,
- moral victory,
- one-upmanship,
- overlordship,
- personality,
- persuasion,
- picnic,
- potency,
- power,
- precedence,
- predominance,
- predominancy,
- predomination,
- preeminence,
- preponderance,
- prepotence,
- prepotency,
- prerogative,
- pressure,
- prestige,
- primacy,
- principality,
- priority,
- privilege,
- purchase,
- pushover,
- Pyrrhic victory,
- reign,
- repute,
- right-of-way,
- rule,
- runaway victory,
- say,
- seniority,
- skill,
- sovereignty,
- suasion,
- subdual,
- subduing,
- subtle influence,
- success,
- suggestion,
- superiority,
- supremacy,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- sway,
- total victory,
- transcendence,
- transcendency,
- triumph,
- upper hand,
- victory,
- virtuosity,
- walkaway,
- walkover,
- weight,
- whip hand,
- win,
- winning,
- winning streak