assertive
[uh-sur-tiv]
- confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- having a distinctive or pronounced taste or aroma.
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Origin of assertive
Synonyms
See more synonyms for assertive on Thesaurus.com1. forceful, decisive, forward.
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Examples from the Web for assertive
Contemporary Examples
And, in all fairness to Lady Gaga, any singer who matches up with Tony Bennett needs to get loud and assertive.
It tells me we need more women, and men, to raise their girls the way my parents raised me: to be assertive, confident and proud.
He would recognize the angry, assertive tone of comments on web articles as the exact same tendency he identified in 1929.
Instead they were becoming an assertive voice on the streets, and also online, for their rights.
When a shy person decides to be assertive, they go over the top.
Historical Examples
This assertive Briton has no desire to lose identity in "Brahm."
Oswald LangdonCarson Jay Lee
He was a slender fellow with close-clipped, assertive red hair.
The ArenaVarious
There was in them something else, or more, than the assertive grossness of life.
The House of PrideJack London
His paganism would be too assertive; it might even be in bad taste.
The Longest JourneyE. M. Forster
He irritated the older men by his assertive manner, and his cocksureness.
Sons and LoversDavid Herbert Lawrence
assertive
- confident and direct in claiming one's rights or putting forward one's views
- given to making assertions or bold demands; dogmatic or aggressive
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Word Origin and History for assertive
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