English noun: ascendent |
1. | ascendent (state) position or state of being dominant or in control |
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| Samples | That idea was in the ascendant.
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| Synonyms | ascendant |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control, dominance |
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2. | ascendent (person) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
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| Synonyms | ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, root |
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| Broader (hypernym) | relation, relative |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ancestress, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor, sire |
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| Antonyms | descendant, descendent |
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