Synonyms of ascendant

3 Syllables
controlling, prevailing, monarchal, arising, commanding, ascendent, supreme, sovereigns, superior, surpassing, ancestor, paramount, prepotent, governing, sovereign, assurgent, ancestors, dominant
4 Syllables
predominant, forebearer, presidential, self-governed, overweighing, high-and-mighty, sovereignty, forefathers, overbearing, forefather, idiopathic, abiogenic
5 Syllables
gubernatorial, overbalancing, predominating, materfamilias