Meanings
nounascender (plural ascenders)
plural ascenders
- A person or thing that ascends.
- mediaThe portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
Catherine had a paperback called Graphology: The Mind in the Hand, which gave her all sorts of warnings about people’s tendencies and repressions (“Artist or Madman?” “Pet or Brute?”). “It's those enormous ascenders, darling,” she said: “I see a lot of ego.”
2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 1, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN - climbinga mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.
Origin
Translations
Esperanto superliniaĵo
- superliniaĵotypography
Finnish yläpidennys
- yläpidennystypography
German Oberlänge
- Oberlängetypography
Hungarian felnyúló szár
- felnyúló szártypography
Irish éiritheach
- éiritheachtypography
Portuguese ascendente
- ascendentetypography
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ascender
gendervendorsendertenderlenderrenderoffenderfendersurrenderdefenderblenderslendersplendorcontenderendersplendourpretendersuspenderengenderrecommendervenderattenderdescenderamender
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Cite this entry
APA
ascender. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascender
MLA
“ascender.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascender. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ascender,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ascender.
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