ascendant

1. Position or state of being dominant or in control (synset 114465827)
   "that idea was in the ascendant"
   is a type of: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance - the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
   same as: ascendent
2. Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) (synset 109811996)
   is a type of: relation, relative - a person related by blood or marriage
   subtypes:

   • ancestress - a woman ancestor
   • forbear, forebear - a person from whom you are descended
   • father, forefather, sire - the founder of a family
   • foremother - a woman ancestor
   • primogenitor, progenitor - an ancestor in the direct line
   same as: ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root

1. Tending or directed upward (synset 302494316)
   "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"
   similar to: ascending - moving or going or growing upward
   same as: 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 to: dominant - exercising influence or control
   same as: ascendent, dominating

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