Find the synonyms or antonyms of a word



List of antonyms from "as a matter of fact" to antonyms from "asininity"


Discover our 208 antonyms available for the terms "as one pleases, ASCII, ASAP, ascension, as a matter of fact, ashake" and many more. Click on one of the words below and go directly to the antonyms associated with it.


Definition of the day : « ascendant »

  • adj ruling
  • noun ancestor
Example sentences :
  • Still, anything was liable to happen when his unlucky star was in the ascendant.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • At any rate, for more than fifteen years of his reign the king was in the ascendant.
  • Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French
  • Whether the bad might have gained the ascendant, or the good triumphed, I know not.
  • Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever
  • Now it was the Bed Man, now Napoleon, who stood in the ascendant.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • Then his instinct of fair play in the game took the ascendant.
  • Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
  • Poor Molly—her unlucky star was in the ascendant this afternoon surely!
  • Extract from : « Grandmother Dear » by Mrs. Molesworth
  • It was Jem Deady in the custody of his wife, who was now in the ascendant.
  • Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
  • For the present the star of the cardinal was in the ascendant.
  • Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • "Fortitude in Distress" is the motto and lords of the ascendant is their practice.
  • Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
  • In '41, Captain Maconochie's mark system was in the ascendant.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) » by John West