ascendant as a noun: - 1
- 2
as an adjective: - 1
- 2
ascendant
noun
1 ascendant
Position or state of being dominant or in control:
— That idea was in the ascendant.
synonym: ascendent.
2 ascendant
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).
synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root.
Dutch: voorloper, voorouder, stamvader, voorvader, voorvaderen, voorzaat
Polish: antenat, ascendent, przodek, wstępny
adjective
1 ascendant
Tending or directed upward:
— Rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage.
synonyms: ascendent, ascensive.
2 ascendant
Most powerful or important or influential:
— The economically ascendant class.
synonyms: ascendent, dominating.
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