ascendant, ascendent: position or state of being dominant or in control "that idea was in the ascendant"
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
adjective
ascendant, ascendent, ascensive: tending or directed upward "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin
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"
