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ascendant, ascendent

n. position or state of being dominant or in control; "that idea was in the ascendant"

ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root

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

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ascendant, ascendent, ascensive

adj. tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin

ascendant, ascendent, dominating

adj. most powerful or important or influential; "the economically ascendant class"; "D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe"

parent

n. an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

matriarch

n. a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)

predecessor

n. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

precursor, forerunner

n. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

prototype, paradigm, epitome, image

n. a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

eminent, high

adj. standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community"

acclivitous, rising, uphill

adj. sloping upward

assurgent

adj. growing or extending upward; "an assurgent stem or leaf"

assurgent

adj. rising from the sea; "a seahorse assurgent"

scandent

adj. used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "plants of a creeping or scandent nature"

soaring

adj. "a soaring eagle"

upbound

adj. heading in any direction that is conventionally up; "upbound shipping lanes"

controlling

adj. able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm"

governing

adj. responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies"

overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating

adj. having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

possessive

adj. having or showing a desire to control or dominate; "a possessive parent"

sovereign, supreme

adj. greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal"

superior

adj. (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by; "overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt themselves superior to law"

descendant, descendent

n. a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

successor, heir

n. a person who inherits some title or office

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