ascendant
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
position or state of being dominant or in control
that idea was in the ascendant
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Sense 2 adjective
tending or directed upward
rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage
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Sense 3 noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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Sense 4 adjective
most powerful or important or influential
the economically ascendant class
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dominating |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ascendance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascend |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | uprise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascend |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | ascendinga |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | descendant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | antecedent |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ancestral |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ancestral |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | relative |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ancestress |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | forebear |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | forefather |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | foremother |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | progenitor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascendance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ascendant |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | dominant |