ascendant

(s) tending or directed upward
- "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
ascendent, ascensive,
(s) most powerful or important or influential
- the economically ascendant class
- D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
dominating, ascendent,

Nouns

(n) position or state of being dominant or in control
- that idea was in the ascendant
ascendent,
(n) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root,

Synonyms

ascendent ascensive ancestor antecedent root dominating

Antonyms

descendant descendent

Words of close approximity