ascendant

/ɐsˈɛndənt/

/əˈsɛndənt/

Ascendant

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

synonyms : ancestor

antonyms : descendant

position or state of being dominant or in control

synonyms : ascendent

ascendant

tending or directed upward

synonyms : ascendent

most powerful or important or influential

synonyms : ascendent

Examples

1. In today's world, the director is a lot more ascendant in the power struggles.

2. Ascendant The Divergent adaptations seemed like a sure thing.

3. Nationalism in China is very ascendant.

4. Rage Against the Machine was ascendant in 1993 or '94.