Definitions for ascendent
Overview of noun ascendent
The noun ascendent has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ascendant, ascendent
(position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant")
2. ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root
(someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent))
Overview of adj ascendent
The adj ascendent has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. ascendant, ascendent, ascensive
(tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin)
2. ascendant, ascendent, dominating
(most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe")
