Definition of ascendant Ascendant

/ʌsɛˈndʌnt/ - [usendunt] - as•cend•ant

We found 15 definitions of ascendant from 5 different sources.

What does ascendant mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: ascendants
ascendant - position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"
		ascendent
		ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, dominance, control the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not
ascendant - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
		ancestor, ascendent, antecedent, root
		descendant, descendent a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
		relative, relation an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
		ancestress a woman ancestor
		forbear, forebear a person from whom you are descended
		forefather, sire, father the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
		foremother a woman ancestor
Adjective
ascendant - tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
		ascendent, ascensive
		ascending moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
ascendant - most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
		ascendent, dominating
		dominant exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"

= synonym
= antonym
= related word

Wiktionary

ascendant (Noun)
Being in control.
ascendant (Noun)
An ancestor.
ascendant (Adjective)
Rising, moving upward.
ascendant (Adjective)
Surpassing or controlling.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

ascendant (n.)
Ascent; height; elevation.
ascendant (n.)
The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
ascendant (n.)
Superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency; as, one man has the ascendant over another.
ascendant (n.)
An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant.
ascendant (a.)
Alt. of Ascendent