ascendant

adjective

1. tending or directed upward

- rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage

Similar word(s): ascending, ascendent, ascensive

2. most powerful or important or influential

- the economically ascendant class

Similar word(s): dominant, ascendent, dominating

noun

1. position or state of being dominant or in control

- that idea was in the ascendant

Similar word(s): ascendent

Definition categories: state, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance

2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Similar word(s): ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root

Definition categories: person, relation, relative