ascendant meaning and definition

ASCENDANT noun

Definition of ascendant (noun)

1. position or state of being dominant or in control
   • "that idea was in the ascendant"
   • synonyms: ascendent
2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
   • synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root
   • antonym: descendant

ASCENDANT adjective

Definition of ascendant (adjective)

1. tending or directed upward
   • "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
   • synonyms: ascendent, ascensive
2. most powerful or important or influential
   • "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
   • synonyms: ascendent, dominating