'ascendant' definitions:
Definition of 'ascendant'
From: WordNet
adjective
Tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin [syn: ascendant, ascendent, ascensive]
adjective
Most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe" [syn: ascendant, ascendent, dominating]
noun
Position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant" [syn: ascendant, ascendent]
noun
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant, descendent]
Synonyms of 'ascendant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a cut above,
- above,
- absolute,
- ahead,
- anabatic,
- antecedent,
- ascendancy,
- ascending,
- ascensional,
- ascensive,
- at the head,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- autocratic,
- better,
- boss,
- capping,
- chief,
- chosen,
- climbing,
- clothed with authority,
- commanding,
- competent,
- conquering,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- controlling,
- defeating,
- distinguished,
- dominance,
- dominant,
- domination,
- dominion,
- duly constituted,
- eclipsing,
- eminent,
- empowered,
- ex officio,
- exceeding,
- excellent,
- excelling,
- finer,
- flushed with success,
- forebear,
- forefather,
- forerunner,
- general,
- governing,
- great,
- greater,
- head,
- hegemonic,
- hegemonistic,
- higher,
- imperative,
- important,
- in ascendancy,
- in charge,
- in chief,
- in the ascendant,
- influential,
- leading,
- leaping,
- major,
- marked,
- master,
- masterdom,
- mighty,
- momentous,
- monocratic,
- mounting,
- of choice,
- official,
- on the throne,
- one up on,
- outstanding,
- over,
- overbearing,
- overcoming,
- paramount,
- potent,
- powerful,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- predominant,
- predominate,
- preeminence,
- preeminent,
- prepollent,
- preponderance,
- preponderant,
- preponderate,
- prepotence,
- prepotent,
- prestigious,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- primogenitor,
- progenitor,
- prominent,
- puissant,
- rampant,
- ranking,
- rare,
- rearing,
- regnant,
- regulating,
- regulative,
- regulatory,
- reigning,
- rising,
- rivaling,
- ruling,
- saltatory,
- scandent,
- scansorial,
- senior,
- skyrocketing,
- sovereign,
- sovereignty,
- spiraling,
- springing,
- substantial,
- successful,
- super,
- superior,
- supreme,
- surpassing,
- swaying,
- topping,
- totalitarian,
- transcendent,
- transcendental,
- transcending,
- triumphal,
- triumphant,
- uparching,
- upcoming,
- upgoing,
- upgrade,
- uphill,
- uphillward,
- upper,
- uprising,
- upsloping,
- upward,
- upwith,
- vanquishing,
- victorious,
- weighty,
- winning