ascendant

English Thesaurus

1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	relation, relative,
definition	:	a person related by blood or marriage (noun.person)

hyponym	:	ancestress,
definition	:	a woman ancestor (noun.person)

hyponym	:	forbear, forebear,
definition	:	a person from whom you are descended (noun.person)

hyponym	:	father, forefather, sire,
definition	:	the founder of a family (noun.person)

hyponym	:	foremother,
definition	:	a woman ancestor (noun.person)

hyponym	:	primogenitor, progenitor,
definition	:	an ancestor in the direct line (noun.person)

2. position or state of being dominant or in control (noun.state)

hypernym	:	ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance,
definition	:	the state that exists when one person or group has power over another (noun.state)

3. most powerful or important or influential (adj.all)

similar	:	dominant,
definition	:	exercising influence or control (adj.all)

4. tending or directed upward (adj.all)

similar	:	ascending,
definition	:	moving or going or growing upward (adj.all)

5. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) (noun.person)

antonym	:	descendant, descendent,
definition	:	a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race (noun.person)

derivation	:	antecedent,
definition	:	preceding in time or order (adj.all)

derivation	:	ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible,
definition	:	inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent (adj.all)

derivation	:	ancestral,
definition	:	of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor (adj.pert)

6. position or state of being dominant or in control (noun.state)

derivation	:	ascendant, ascendent, dominating,
definition	:	most powerful or important or influential (adj.all)

7. most powerful or important or influential (adj.all)

derivation	:	ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance,
definition	:	the state that exists when one person or group has power over another (noun.state)

derivation	:	ascendant, ascendent,
definition	:	position or state of being dominant or in control (noun.state)

8. tending or directed upward (adj.all)

derivation	:	ascend, go up,
definition	:	travel up, (verb.motion)

derivation	:	ascend, come up, rise, uprise,
definition	:	come up, of celestial bodies (verb.motion)

derivation	:	ascend,
definition	:	slope upwards (verb.motion)

9. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) (noun.person)

antonym	:	descendant, descendent,
definition	:	a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race (noun.person)

derivation	:	antecedent,
definition	:	preceding in time or order (adj.all)

derivation	:	ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible,
definition	:	inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent (adj.all)

derivation	:	ancestral,
definition	:	of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor (adj.pert)

10. position or state of being dominant or in control (noun.state)

derivation	:	ascendant, ascendent, dominating,
definition	:	most powerful or important or influential (adj.all)

11. most powerful or important or influential (adj.all)

derivation	:	ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance,
definition	:	the state that exists when one person or group has power over another (noun.state)

derivation	:	ascendant, ascendent,
definition	:	position or state of being dominant or in control (noun.state)

12. tending or directed upward (adj.all)

derivation	:	ascend, go up,
definition	:	travel up, (verb.motion)

derivation	:	ascend, come up, rise, uprise,
definition	:	come up, of celestial bodies (verb.motion)

derivation	:	ascend,
definition	:	slope upwards (verb.motion)