assertive
confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
having a distinctive or pronounced taste or aroma.
Origin of assertive
1Other words for assertive
Other words from assertive
- as·ser·tive·ly, adverb
- as·ser·tive·ness, noun
- non·as·ser·tive, adjective
- non·as·ser·tive·ly, adverb
- non·as·ser·tive·ness, noun
- o·ver·as·ser·tive, adjective
- o·ver·as·ser·tive·ly, adverb
- o·ver·as·ser·tive·ness, noun
- pseu·do·as·ser·tive, adjective
- pseu·do·as·ser·tive·ly, adverb
- un·as·ser·tive, adjective
- un·as·ser·tive·ly, adverb
- un·as·ser·tive·ness, noun
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How to use assertive in a sentence
Hladky’s layered constructions are too assertive to settle for being backdrops.
In the galleries: Personal and political perspectives on the past | Mark Jenkins | February 19, 2021 | Washington PostI’m giving you a sense of how assertive I’m going to be, what sort of knowledge I have.
Can I Ask You a Ridiculously Personal Question? (Ep. 451) | Stephen J. Dubner | February 11, 2021 | FreakonomicsAbout $20 billion of that amount would be devoted to a more assertive federal role in the mass vaccination campaign.
Most Americans say the coronavirus pandemic is not controlled, Post-ABC poll finds | Amy Goldstein, Emily Guskin | January 20, 2021 | Washington PostLukonge chimes in assertively: “When people discourage us we feel more encouraged to go on.”
Well have to get her back before that time, declared her chum, assertively.
The Girls of Central High | Gertrude W. Morrison
"Well, I am engaged to him," said Pauline, stoutly but not over-assertively.
The Adventures of a Widow | Edgar FawcettHer voice was a very soft and pleasing voice, and she spoke persuasively and not assertively as so many American women do.
The Secret Places of the Heart | H. G. WellsTomlinson was trying to make conversation by repeating assertively what he had read in the evening press.
McAllister and His Double | Arthur TrainI thought of the "darkness 'broidered with luminous eyes," and I walked forward rapidly, self-assertively.
The Green Eyes of Bst | Sax Rohmer
British Dictionary definitions for assertive
/ (əˈsɜːtɪv) /
confident and direct in claiming one's rights or putting forward one's views
given to making assertions or bold demands; dogmatic or aggressive
Derived forms of assertive
- assertively, adverb
- assertiveness, noun
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