ASCENDANT Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

ascendant

adjective

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as in ascending

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Recent Examples of ascendant China’s ascendant biotechs are ‘blowing everyone’s minds’ A gaggle of investors. — STAT, 1 Oct. 2026 Below, Billboard speaks with Coutain about touring with Kes the Band, being inspired by Michael Jackson, and the ascendant Trinidadian musicians whose names the world should know. — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2026 The production was full of nostalgia for an imagined past when the small screen was more ascendant and apolitical, with tributes to Charlie’s Angels and Dolly Parton shirking any embrace of the form’s progressive history. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026 Venus ascendant, sky blackened with the new moon, and acool breeze soothed you. — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ascendant

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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

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