ascendant
Meaning of ascendant
noun
- Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendency.
One man has the ascendant over another.
- An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
- (usu. followed by to) A royal heir assuming (a place of power)
Given his father's ghastly demise, one would not expect such glee from the ascendant to his throne.
- Ascent; height; elevation.
- The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
- Rising, moving upward.
- Surpassing or controlling.
Information about ascendant
- The plural form of ascendant is: ascendants.
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Hyphenation of ascendant
as-cen-dant
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- ascendant is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
ascendant synonyms
Meaning ascendent:
ascendent, ascensive, dominating
Meaning ancestor:
ancestor, ascendent, antecedent, root
Anagrams of ascendant
adnascent, Dantescan, dantescan, stannadec
Words that rhyme with ascendant
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