Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ascender

3 senses of ascender

Sense 1
ascender -- (someone who ascends)
       => mover -- (someone who moves)

Sense 2
ascender -- (a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters)
       => letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character -- (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters")

Sense 3
ascender -- ((printing) the part of tall lowercase letters that extends above the other lowercase letters)
       => line -- (a mark that is long relative to its width; "He drew a line on the chart")