Defenition of the word ascendant
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Defenition of the word ascendant
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
- position or state of being dominant or in control: "that idea was in the ascendant"
- tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
- most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
- position or state of being dominant or in control
- most powerful or important or influential
- tending or directed upward
Synonyms for the word ascendant
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- ancestor
- antecedent
- ascendent
- ascensive
- dominating
- growing
- increasing
- rising
- root
Similar words in the ascendant
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- ascendant
- ascendants
- ascending
- ascending(a)
- dominant
Hyponyms for the word ascendant
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- ancestress
- father
- forbear
- forebear
- forefather
- foremother
- primogenitor
- progenitor
- sire
Hypernyms for the word ascendant
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- ascendance
- ascendancy
- ascendence
- ascendency
- control
- dominance
- relation
- relative
Antonyms for the word ascendant
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