ascendant

nouns

position or state of being dominant or in control

"that idea was in the ascendant"

ascendant, ascendent

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

ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root

tending or directed upward

"rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

is derived from

is derived from

most powerful or important or influential

"the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"

ascendant, ascendent, dominating

is derived from

is derived from