'assertive' definitions:
Definition of 'assertive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act" [syn: assertive, self- asserting, self-assertive] [ant: unassertive]
Synonyms of 'assertive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- affirmative,
- affirmatory,
- aggressive,
- assertative,
- assertional,
- bold,
- bossy,
- certain,
- confident,
- decided,
- declarative,
- declaratory,
- definite,
- doctrinaire,
- dogmatic,
- domineering,
- emphatic,
- firm,
- insistent,
- opinionated,
- peremptory,
- positive,
- predicational,
- predicative,
- pushy,
- sure