1. (

• ascendant ,
• ascendent

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

2. (

• ancestor ,
• ascendant ,
• ascendent ,
• antecedent ,
• root

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

1. (

• ascendant ,
• ascendent ,
• ascensive

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

2. (

• ascendant ,
• ascendent ,
• dominating

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