Hyphenation of ascendant

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ascendant? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

as-cen-dant

Definitions of ascendant:

1.	Position or state of being dominant or in control That idea was in the ascendant
2.	Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
3.	Tending or directed upward Rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage- John Ruskin
4.	Most powerful or important or influential The economically ascendant class D-day is considered the dominating event of the war in Europe

Synonyms of ascendant:

adj	ascendent, ascensive, ascending
adj	ascendent, dominating, dominant
noun	ascendent, dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
noun	ancestor, ascendent, antecedent, root, relative, relation

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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