position or state of being dominant or in control; that idea was in the ascendant

[ Syn: ascendent ]

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

[ Syn: ancestor , ascendent , antecedent , root ]

tending or directed upward; rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage- John Ruskin

[ Syn: ascendent , ascensive ]

most powerful or important or influential; the economically ascendant class; D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe

[ Syn: ascendent , dominating ]