- ascendant
- n1. domination, dominance, predominance, hegemony, controlling influence, dominant position; supremacy, preeminence, superiority; mastership, lordship, chiefdom, seigniory, suzerainty, leadership; command, rule, control, hold, grasp; sway, prestige, weight, power, upper hand.2. ancestor, forebear, forefather, sire; progenitor, primogenitor, procreator.3. in the ascendantup-and-coming, flourishing, burgeoning; ascending, mounting, rising, on the rise, uprising, upcoming, on the way up; prevailing, winning, victorious, triumphant.adj4. ascending, mounting, rising, uprising, upcoming, moving up; climbing, scandent, sprouting; raised, elevated, upturned, uplifted, curved upward; towering, extending above, reaching high.5. superior, supreme, greater, higher, surpassing; eminent, preeminent, distinguished; predominant, dominant, ruling, controlling, prevalent; victorious, triumphant, prevailing, overcoming, in the ascendant
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.