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Definition of
Assertive
Assertive
as·ser·tive
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Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
bold an aggressive personality, forceful or confident;
e.g. She was assertive in her demands until her boss complied.
Similar Words
Aggressive
Ambitious
Competitive
Dynamic
Emphatic
Energetic
Enterprising
Fierce
Forceful
Full-blooded
High-flying
High-pressure
High-toned
Hoity-toity
In-your-face
Militant
Motivated
Muscular
Opportunistic
Pushy
Regimental
Resounding
Self-aggrandizing
Self-asserting
Self-assertive
Self-dramatizing
Strenuous
Trigger-happy
Unapologetic
Unsubdued
Vehement
Vigorous
Violent
Your
Opposite Words
Acquiescent
Ambiguous
Amenable
Bashful
Bloodless
Compliant
Conciliatory
Deferential
Demure
Diffident
Disarming
Docile
Down-to-earth
Easygoing
Equivocal
Guarded
Halting
Hesitant
Humble
Laid-back
Low-pressure
Lowly
Meek
Mild
Modest
Mousy
Nonassertive
Nonemphatic
Nonviolent
Obsequious
Overmodest
Pacific
Passive
Peaceable
Peaceful
Quiet
Relaxed
Reserved
Resigned
Retiring
Self-deprecating
Self-deprecatory
Servile
Shy
Slavish
Subdued
Submissive
Subservient
Timid
Tractable
Unaggressive
Unambitious
Unassertive
Unassuming
Uncompelling
Understated
Unobtrusive
Unpretentious
Weak
Wishy-washy
Yielding
Related Words
Absolute
Adventuresome
Adventurous
Affected
Ambitious
And
Arch
Archer
Argumentative
Arresting
Aspiring
Audacious
Authoritarian
Authoritative
Autocratic
Bang-bang
Bare-knuckle
Bellicose
Belligerent
Blood-and-guts
Bloodthirsty
Bloody
Bloody-minded
Bold
Bold-faced
Bossy
Brash
Brassbound
Brassy
Brazen
Brazen-faced
Bullish
Bumptious
Categorical
Cheeky
Clear
Cocksure
Cocky
Combative
Compelling
Confident
Conspicuous
Contentious
Convulsive
Daring
Dashing
Decided
Despotic
Determined
Dictatorial
Discordant
Disputatious
Domineering
Dynamic
Emboldened
Emphatic
Energetic
Explosive
Feisty
Ferocious
Fierce
Fiery
Forward
Fresh
Furious
Grandiose
Gutsy
Hammer and tongs
Hard-driving
Hifalutin
High-minded
High-spirited
Highfalutin
Homicidal
Hot
Hyperaggressive
Imperious
Impertinent
Impudent
Insistent
Insolent
La-di-da
Lordly
Magisterial
Masterful
Mettlesome
Murderous
Nervy
Noticeable
Obtrusive
Ostentatious
Overbearing
Overconfident
Peppery
Peremptory
Plain
Pointed
Pompous
Presumptuous
Pretentious
Pugnacious
Pushing
Quarrelsome
Rabid
Rough
Sanguinary
Sanguine
Sassy
Saucy
Self-seeking
Snippy
Spirited
Spunky
Stormy
Strenuous
Striking
Tempestuous
Trigger-happy
Truculent
Tumultuous
Turbulent
Tyrannical
Tyrannous
Unambiguous
Unapologetic
Unequivocal
Unsubdued
Unyielding
Venturesome
Venturous
Vigorous
Violent
Volcanic
Warlike
Wise
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