nnoun.stateposition or state of being dominant or in controlSynset:ascendant
Examples:- that idea was in the ascendant
Derivationally Related Form:ascendant
Hypernyms:ascendance ascendancy ascendence ascendency control dominance
Inherited Hypernyms:ascendantdominanceconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.personsomeone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)Synset:ancestor antecedent ascendant root
Antonyms:descendant
Derivationally Related Form:ancestralantecedent
Hypernyms:relation relative
Inherited Hypernyms:ancestorrelativepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:ancestorrelativepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:ancestressfatherforbearforebearforefatherforemotherprimogenitorprogenitorsire
Full Hyponyms:adoptive parentancestressantediluviandadempty nesterfatherfather-in-lawfilicideforebearforefatherforemothergenitorgrandfathergrandmagrandparentgreat grandfathergreat grandmothergreat grandparentjacobmamatermothermother-in-lawnanold manparentpaterpatriarchprimiparaprogenitorpuerperaquadriparaquintiparasimeonstepfatherstepmotherstepparentsupermomsurrogate mother
adj satadj.alltending or directed upwardSynset:ascendant ascensive
Examples:- rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage - John Ruskin
Antonyms:descending
Derivationally Related Form:ascend
Inherited Hypernyms:ascendant
Similar to:ascending
adj satadj.allmost powerful or important or influentialSynset:ascendant dominating
Examples:- the economically ascendant class
- D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
Antonyms:subordinate
Derivationally Related Form:ascendantascendenceascendencyascendancyascendance
Inherited Hypernyms:ascendant
Similar to:dominant