Meaning of 'ascendant'

adjective

most powerful or important or influential

Example: "the economically ascendant class"

Synonyms: dominating

adjective

tending or directed upward

Example: "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage- John Ruskin"

Synonyms: ascendent ascensive

noun

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

Synonyms: antecedent

noun

position or state of being dominant or in control

Example: "that idea was in the ascendant"

Synonyms: ascendent