Found 2 items, similar to ascendent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ascendent ascendent adj 1: tending or directed upward; “rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage”- John Ruskin [syn: ascendant, 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: ascendant, dominating] n 1: position or state of being dominant or in control; “that idea was in the ascendant” [syn: ascendant] 2: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant]
English → English (gcide) Definition: ascendent ascendent \ascendent\ adj. 1. tending or directed upward. Syn: ascendant, ascensive. [WordNet 1.5] rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage. --John Ruskin [WordNet 1.5] 2. having the most important influence. Syn: ascendant, dominating, prestigious. [WordNet 1.5] ascendent \ascendent\ n. 1. position or state of being dominant or in control. that idea was in the ascendant. Syn: ascendant. [WordNet 1.5] 2. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent). Syn: ancestor, ascendant, antecedent. [WordNet 1.5]