ASCENDANT Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

ascendant

adjective

variants also ascendent

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Recent Examples of ascendant Hockney in the 1960s recuperated figurative painting and, more specifically, the human form, both of which had been previously rejected by the abstraction then ascendant. —

News Desk, Artforum, 12 June 2026 Carl’s nomination failed, but his views are ascendant. —

Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026 With the Watts riots still several months in the future, the city, as far as anyone knew, was ascendant. —

Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 4 June 2026 And the forces that contributed to their demise — avarice, ignorance and a lack of imagination — are ascendant, illustrated by plans for a five-story Rolex shop on Las Olas and the Gekko district being built in downtown West Palm Beach. —

Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for ascendant

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ascendant

ascending

Adjective

While Chicago has the feel of an ascending team, there are also some shaky components here.

— Conor Orr, SI.com, 27 June 2019
The sensation of building up, creating an ascending path of self-esteem, is something that Ellis hopes to foster and manipulate to her advantage.

— Andrew Keh, New York Times, 12 June 2019