ascendent
adjective
1. tending or directed upward
- rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage
Similar word(s): ascending, ascendant, ascensive
2. most powerful or important or influential
- the economically ascendant class
Similar word(s): dominant, ascendant, dominating
noun
1. position or state of being dominant or in control
- that idea was in the ascendant
Similar word(s): ascendant
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, ascendant, root