ascendent

  • (s) tending or directed upward
    • "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
    ascendant, 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, ascendant,

Nouns

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

Synonyms

ascendant ascensive ancestor antecedent root dominating

Antonyms

descendant descendent

Words of close approximity

ascender