Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root
Definition: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Similar words: relation, relative
Definition: a person related by blood or marriage
Usage: police are searching for relatives of the deceased; he has distant relations back in New Jersey
Synonyms: ascendant, ascendent
Definition: position or state of being dominant or in control
Usage: that idea was in the ascendant
Similar words: dominance, control, ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency
Definition: the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
Usage: her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her
Synonyms: dominating, ascendant, ascendent
Definition: most powerful or important or influential
Usage: the economically ascendant class; D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe
Similar words: dominant
Definition: exercising influence or control
Usage: television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion; the dominant partner in the marriage
Synonyms: ascendant, ascendent, ascensive
Definition: tending or directed upward
Usage: rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage- John Ruskin
Similar words: ascending
Definition: moving or going or growing upward
Usage: the ascending plane; the ascending staircase; the ascending stems of chickweed