ascendent
ascendent is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon.
- adjective. Rising; ascending.
- adjective. Superior; surpassing; ruling.
- noun. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- noun. position or state of being dominant or in control
"that idea was in the ascendant"
- adjective. most powerful or important or influential
"the economically ascendant class"
"D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"
- adjective. tending or directed upward- John Ruskin
"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"
Synonyms
ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, root, dominating, ascensive
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