Synonyms for Assertive:

• adj.

  •affirmative (adjective)
  • predicative,
  • categorical,
  • sure,
  • definite,
  • declarative.
  •aggressive (adjective)
  • determined,
  • domineering,
  • forward,
  • aggressive,
  • overbearing,
  • absolute,
  • bellicose,
  • strong-willed,
  • truculent,
  • warlike,
  • offensive,
  • forceful,
  • combative,
  • firm,
  • demanding,
  • hostile,
  • belligerent.
  •all (adjective)
  • assertive.
  •assured (adjective)
  • more poised,
  • more positive,
  • un flappable,
  • self assured,
  • over confident,
  • un hesitating,
  • self confident,
  • selfassured,
  • puffed up,
  • self possessed,
  • un-flappable,
  • selfpossessed,
  • un-hesitating,
  • most poised,
  • up beat,
  • selfconfident.
  •authoritative (adjective)
  • officious,
  • doctrinaire.
  •certain (adjective)
  • Questionless,
  • undoubting,
  • Undoubtful.
  •commanding (adjective)
  • in charge,
  • impressive.
  •decided (adjective)
  • in-flexible,
  • more ironjawed,
  • un yielding,
  • more iron-jawed,
  • un-yielding,
  • most strong minded,
  • most strongminded,
  • in flexible,
  • re solved,
  • re-solute,
  • re-solved,
  • more strong-minded,
  • most strong-minded,
  • more resolved,
  • iron jawed,
  • strongminded,
  • un bending,
  • more strongminded,
  • in tent,
  • more strong minded,
  • un-bending,
  • re solute,
  • most iron-jawed,
  • un faltering,
  • iron-jawed,
  • most ironjawed,
  • most resolved,
  • de-liberate,
  • un-wavering,
  • strong minded,
  • most iron jawed,
  • ironjawed,
  • un-faltering,
  • de liberate,
  • un wavering,
  • more iron jawed.
  •disobedient (adjective)
  • unruly.
  •dogmatic (adjective)
  • as matter course,
  • more reasoned,
  • de finite,
  • one sided,
  • de-finite,
  • narrow minded,
  • most doctrinal,
  • in-tolerant,
  • unerring,
  • narrowminded,
  • stiffnecked,
  • more deductive,
  • un-changeable,
  • over bearing,
  • un changeable,
  • more fascistic,
  • wrong headed,
  • more stiff-necked,
  • more wrong-headed,
  • eternal,
  • more wrong headed,
  • un equivocal,
  • more excathedra,
  • most excathedra,
  • most deductive,
  • un qualified,
  • most stiffnecked,
  • most reasoned,
  • more stiff necked,
  • in evitable,
  • in tolerant,
  • high mighty,
  • as a matter course,
  • most wrong headed,
  • most dictative,
  • un erring,
  • un-equivocal,
  • most stiff-necked,
  • in-evitable,
  • un-qualified,
  • more dictative,
  • most stiff necked,
  • Over-bearing,
  • most wrongheaded,
  • onesided,
  • more wrongheaded,
  • most fascistic,
  • more doctrinal,
  • as matter of course,
  • more stiffnecked,
  • stiff necked,
  • most wrong-headed,
  • un-erring.
  •dominant (adjective)
  • fore-most,
  • more predominate,
  • over-weighing,
  • over weighing,
  • more prevalent,
  • pre-vailing,
  • out weighing,
  • most overbalancing,
  • most surpassing,
  • more surpassing,
  • most outweighing,
  • more outweighing,
  • pre siding,
  • sur-passing,
  • most predominate,
  • over-balancing,
  • fore most,
  • para-mount,
  • most obtaining,
  • pre dominate,
  • more overbalancing,
  • more obtaining,
  • pre dominant,
  • pre-dominate,
  • most overweighing,
  • more overweighing,
  • more transcendent,
  • over balancing,
  • sovereign,
  • preponderant,
  • pre-dominant,
  • pre-siding,
  • prevailing,
  • pre eminent,
  • sur passing,
  • pre vailing,
  • para mount,
  • out-weighing.
  •emphatic (adjective)
  • ex press,
  • ex-press,
  • resounding,
  • un-mistakable,
  • most telling,
  • more pronounced,
  • most accented,
  • more stressed,
  • more telling,
  • re-sounding,
  • re sounding,
  • more accented,
  • for face,
  • un mistakable,
  • most stressed.
  •forcible (adjective)
  • forcible,
  • puissant,
  • mightiest.
  •indocile (adjective)
  • in docile,
  • in-docile,
  • un disciplined.
  •insistent (adjective)
  • more perseverant,
  • most perseverant,
  • importunate,
  • un relenting,
  • re iterative,
  • re-iterative.
  •militant (adjective)
  • more combating,
  • most combating,
  • more contending,
  • up arms,
  • most assertory,
  • self assertive,
  • selfassertive,
  • most gladiatorial,
  • most contending,
  • more gladiatorial,
  • more assertory.
  •opinionated (adjective)
  • tilted,
  • weighted,
  • set in stone,
  • locked in,
  • seton,
  • set-on,
  • singleminded,
  • highhanded,
  • hard line,
  • set on,
  • hardline.
  •peremptory (adjective)
  • in controvertible,
  • un-deniable,
  • in-controvertible,
  • un deniable.
  •pushy (adjective)
  • more pushful,
  • most pushful,
  • pre sumptuous.
  •unruly (adjective)
  • out control,
  • in-tractable,
  • in subordinate,
  • un controllable,
  • in-subordinate,
  • in-corrigible,
  • un-manageable,
  • in-temperate,
  • un-controllable,
  • dis orderly,
  • out line,
  • in-exorable,
  • in corrigible,
  • in temperate,
  • in tractable,
  • un manageable,
  • dis-orderly,
  • un-governable.
  •valiant (adjective)
  • more undismayed,
  • un afraid,
  • high spirited,
  • most fireeating,
  • more fire eating,
  • most fire eating,
  • most lion-hearted,
  • more fireeating,
  • re-doubtable,
  • lion hearted,
  • strong willed,
  • more lion hearted,
  • fireeating,
  • most lion hearted,
  • most fire-eating,
  • guttier,
  • un-daunted,
  • self reliant,
  • selfreliant,
  • more fire-eating,
  • un-afraid,
  • strongwilled,
  • un dismayed,
  • un-dismayed,
  • un daunted,
  • fire eating,
  • most undismayed,
  • more lion-hearted,
  • re doubtable,
  • guttiest.

• n.

  •
  • proud,
  • bold.
  •
  • try,
  • attitude.
  •
  • strong.
  •confident (noun)
  • study ataggressive,
  • outspoken.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • confident,
  • decisive,
  • self-possessed,
  • presidential,
  • imperious,
  • smoothly,
  • raffish,
  • sanguine,
  • Sure-footed,
  • rakish,
  • unhesitating,
  • self-confident,
  • unselfconscious,
  • dignified,
  • valiant,
  • self-assured.
  •
  • glib,
  • Grounded,
  • honored,
  • polished.
  •
  • olympian.
  •
  • together,
  • smooth.
  •
  • secure.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cavalier,
  • snooty,
  • earnest,
  • enterprising,
  • self-willed,
  • incisive,
  • impertinent,
  • tenacious,
  • cocksure,
  • direct,
  • obdurate,
  • imperative,
  • in-your-face,
  • definitive,
  • energetic,
  • authoritarian,
  • hoity-toity,
  • magisterial,
  • unambiguous,
  • resolute,
  • bullying,
  • governing,
  • stony,
  • obstinate,
  • loud,
  • poised,
  • overconfident,
  • unyielding,
  • repressive,
  • Hard-headed,
  • inexorable,
  • superior,
  • make,
  • unfaltering,
  • dictatorial,
  • presumptuous,
  • assertional,
  • showy,
  • cheeky,
  • unwavering,
  • insolent,
  • obnoxious,
  • compelling,
  • muscular,
  • fixed,
  • pigheaded,
  • pushing,
  • unswerving,
  • autocratic,
  • wilful,
  • affirmatory,
  • influential,
  • pontifical,
  • difficult,
  • cocky,
  • unmistakeable,
  • tyrannical,
  • persevering,
  • defensive,
  • uncompromising,
  • reigning,
  • arbitrary,
  • ruling,
  • lordly,
  • highfalutin,
  • vigorous,
  • arrogant,
  • high-handed,
  • self-reliant,
  • brash,
  • haughty,
  • supercilious,
  • supreme,
  • brazen,
  • snotty,
  • Asseverative,
  • opinionated,
  • urgent,
  • hifalutin,
  • strict,
  • explicit,
  • brassy,
  • bossy,
  • unrelenting,
  • unequivocal,
  • dogged,
  • intense,
  • independent,
  • pretentious,
  • strenuous,
  • pronounced,
  • unmistakable,
  • leading,
  • sure of oneself,
  • recalcitrant,
  • despotic,
  • assertative,
  • ascendant,
  • specific,
  • controlling,
  • rigid,
  • bumptious,
  • overweening,
  • stubborn,
  • distinct,
  • express,
  • persistent.

Paraphrases for Assertive:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    affirmative, pro-active, firm, authoritarian, emphatic, positive, offensive, trenchant, authoritative, assured, insured, affirmed, 'assurance, determined, tough, stated, bossy, affirm, unwavering.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    self-confident, incisive, decisive, resolute, vigorous, forceful, energetic, strong, confident, steadfast, robust, bold, purposeful, aggressive.
  • Proper noun, singular
    aggressive.

Antonyms for Assertive:

• adj.

  • aggressive
    indefinite, shy, meek, unconfident, unsure, quiet, diffident.
  • all
    unassertive.
  • Other antonyms:
    bashful, subdued, wishy-washy, uncompelling, hesitant, shrinking, ambitionless, timid, amenable, tractable, subservient, resigned, guarded, cringing, acquiescent, slavish, unaggressive, cowering, submissive, understated, reserved, servile, compliant, deferential, obsequious, yielding, unobtrusive, halting, overmodest, passive, equivocal, mousy, weak, unemphatic, groveling, mild, relaxed, easygoing, Nonemphatic, laid-back, unenterprising, unambitious, docile, ambiguous.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    forceless, unforceful.

Homophones for Assertive:

• accretive.