Antonyms of adj ascensive

1 sense of ascensive

Sense 1
ascendant, ascendent, ascensive -- (tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin)

INDIRECT (VIA ascending) -> descending -- (coming down or downward)

Similarity of adj ascensive

1 sense of ascensive

Sense 1
ascendant, ascendent, ascensive -- (tending or directed upward; "rooted and ascendant strength like that of foliage"- John Ruskin)
       => ascending (prenominal) (vs. descending) -- (moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed")

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