Definition for Assertive:

• That affirms positively.

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.
  •authoritative (adjective)
  • officious,
  • doctrinaire.
  •disobedient (adjective)
  • unruly.
  •forcible (adjective)
  • forcible.

• n.

  •
  • bold.
  •
  • strong.

• Other synonyms:

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

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.