Ascendant
nounə'sɛndənt
Adjective
most powerful or important or influential
“the economically ascendant class”
Similar:AscendentDominatingtending or directed upward
“rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage”
Similar:AscendentAscensive
Noun
position or state of being dominant or in control
“that idea was in the ascendant”
Similar:AscendentType of:AscendencyControlDominancesomeone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Type of:RelationRelative
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Similar Words
- Ancestor
- Antecedent
- Ascendent
- Root
- Dominating
- Ascensive
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- Ascending
- Ascendance
- Ascendancy
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