ascendant
adjective
[ əˈsɛnd(ə)nt ]
• rising in power or influence.
• "ascendant moderate factions in the party"
Similar:
rising (in power),
in the ascendant,
on the up and up,
on the way up,
up-and-coming,
on the rise,
growing,
increasing,
flourishing,
prospering,
burgeoning,
developing,
budding,
• (of a planet, zodiacal degree, or sign) on or close to the intersection of the ecliptic with the eastern horizon.
ascendant
noun
• the point on the ecliptic at which it intersects the eastern horizon at a particular time, typically that of a person's birth.
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ascendent- ‘climbing up’, from the verb ascendere (see ascend).
in the ascendant
• rising in power or influence.
• "the reformers are in the ascendant"
