Dictionary Definition
ascendant adj
1 tending or directed upward; "rooted and
ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin [syn:
ascendent, ascensive]
2 most powerful or important or influential; "the
economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating
event of the war in Europe" [syn: ascendent, dominating]
Noun
1 position or state of being dominant or in
control; "that idea was in the ascendant" [syn: ascendent]
2 someone from whom you are descended (but
usually more remote than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendent, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Rising, moving upward.
- Surpassing or controlling.
Translations
Surpassing or controlling
Translations
Being in control
- Finnish: valta-asemassa oleva
An ancestor
- Finnish: esi-isä
Related terms
French
Adjective
ascendantNoun
fr-noun m- ascendant
- influence,
ascendancy
- L'équipe adverse a repris lascendant du match. - The team is again dominated by the adversary.
- ancestry
Extensive Definition
The ascendant (**Accidental
ascendant
External links
- You can calculate free your Ascendant (rising sign) and Your horoscope chart.
- Calculate a Rising Sign or AscendantA Simple way to determine your rising sign.
ascendant in German: Aszendent
(Astrologie)
ascendant in Italian: Ascendente
ascendant in Maltese: Axxendent
ascendant in Dutch: Ascendant
ascendant in Polish: Ascendent
ascendant in Russian: Asc
ascendant in Swedish: Ascendent
ascendant in Contenese: 上升星座
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a cut above, above, absolute, ahead, anabatic, antecedent, ascendancy, ascending, ascensional, ascensive, at the head,
authoritarian,
authoritative,
authorized, autocratic, better, boss, capping, chief, chosen, climbing, clothed with
authority, commanding, competent, conquering, consequential, considerable, controlling, defeating, distinguished, dominance, dominant, domination, dominion, duly constituted,
eclipsing, eminent, empowered, ex officio,
exceeding, excellent, excelling, finer, flushed with success,
forebear, forefather, forerunner, general, governing, great, greater, head, hegemonic, hegemonistic, higher, imperative, important, in ascendancy, in
charge, in chief, in the ascendant, influential, leading, leaping, major, marked, master, masterdom, mighty, momentous, monocratic, mounting, of choice, official, on the throne, one up
on, outstanding,
over, overbearing, overcoming, paramount, potent, powerful, precursor, predecessor, predominant, predominate, preeminence, preeminent, prepollent, preponderance, preponderant, preponderate, prepotence, prepotent, prestigious, prevailing, prevalent, primogenitor, progenitor, prominent, puissant, rampant, ranking, rare, rearing, regnant, regulating, regulative, regulatory, reigning, rising, rivaling, ruling, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, senior, skyrocketing, sovereign, sovereignty, spiraling, springing, substantial, successful, super, superior, supreme, surpassing, swaying, topping, totalitarian, transcendent, transcendental, transcending, triumphal, triumphant, uparching, upcoming, upgoing, upgrade, uphill, uphillward, upper, uprising, upsloping, upward, upwith, vanquishing, victorious, weighty, winning