ascendant

Noun
  1. Position or state of being dominant or in control (synset 114465827)
    "that idea was in the ascendant"
    hypernym: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
    synonym: ascendent
  2. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) (synset 109811996)
    hypernym: relation, relative - a person related by blood or marriage
    hyponym:
    synonym: ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root
Adjective
  1. Tending or directed upward (synset 302494316)
    "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"
    similar: ascending - moving or going or growing upward
    synonym: ascendent, ascensive
  2. Most powerful or important or influential (synset 300795186)
    "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
    similar: dominant - exercising influence or control
    synonym: ascendent, dominating

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