ascendancy
noun
1 ascendancy
The state that exists when one person or group has power over another.
synonyms: ascendance, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance.
Roget 731:
success,
successfulness;
speed;
advance
etc.
(progress)
282.
trump card;
hit,
stroke,
score;
lucky hit,
fortunate hit,
good hit,
good stroke;
direct hit,
bull's eye;
goal,
point,
touchdown;
home run,
homer,
hole-in-one,
grand slam;
killing
[make money],
windfall bold stroke,
master stroke;
ten strike [U.S.];
coup de maitre [Fr.],
checkmate;
half the battle,
prize;
profit
etc.
(acquisition)
775.
continued success;
good fortune
etc.
(prosperity)
734;
time well spent.
advantage over;
upper hand,
whip hand;
ascendancy,
mastery;
expugnation†,
conquest,
victory,
subdual†;
subjugation
etc.
(subjection)
749.
triumph
etc.
(exultation)
884;
proficiency
etc.
(skill)
698.
conqueror,
victor,
winner;
master of the situation,
master of the position,
top of the heap,
king of the hill;
achiever,
success,
success story.
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Dutch: overhand, suprematie, hegemonie, dominantie, heerschappij, machtsoverwicht, overwicht, predominantie, preponderantie
Polish: górowanie, dominowanie, przeważanie
Moby thesaurus: Cadmean victory, KO, Pyrrhic victory, accomplishment, ascendance, authority, balance of power, championship, charisma, charm, clout, conquest, consequence, control, credit, deanship, dominance, dominancy, domination, dominion, easy victory, effect, eminence, eminent domain, enchantment, esteem, excellence, favor, force, good feeling, grand slam, greatness, hold, importance, incidental power, incomparability, influence, influentiality, inimitability, insinuation, knockout, landslide, landslide victory, lead, leadership, leverage, magnetism, majority, masterdom, mastery, moment, moral victory, one-upmanship, overlordship, personality, persuasion, picnic, potency, power, precedence, predominance, predominancy, predomination, preeminence, preponderance, prepotence, prepotency, prerogative, pressure, prestige, primacy, principality, priority, privilege, purchase, pushover, reign, repute, right-of-way, rule, runaway victory, say, seniority, skill, sovereignty, suasion, subdual, subduing, subtle influence, success, suggestion, superiority, supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty, sway, total victory, transcendence, transcendency, triumph, upper hand, victory, virtuosity, walkaway, walkover, weight, whip hand, win, winning, winning streak ... show more.
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