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self-assertive
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self-assertive
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold |
| Synonyms: | audacious, bumptious, confident, immodest, pushy, sure |
| Main Entry: | forward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, impertinent |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, assuming, audacious, bantam, bare-faced, bold, brazen, cheeky*, coming on strong, confident, familiar, fresh, impudent, nervy, overassertive, overweening, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushing, pushy*, rude, sassy*, saucy*, self-assertive, smart, smart-alecky, uppity, wise |
| Antonyms: | meek, reserved, shy, timid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | alert, animate, animated, blithe, blithesome, bouncy, brash, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper, chirpy, confident, convivial, devil-may-care, festive, forward, frivolous, frolicsome, fun-loving, gamesome, glad, gleeful, hilarious, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, playful, pleasure-seeking, presuming, pushy, rollicking, self-assertive, sparkling, spirited, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, wild, zippy |
| Antonyms: | depressed, discouraged, sad, unhappy, upset, worried |
| Main Entry: | militant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive, combative |
| Synonyms: | active, assertive, assertory, bellicose, belligerent, combating, contending, contentious, embattled, fighting, gladiatorial, in arms, martial, militaristic, military, offensive, pugnacious, pushy, quarrelsome, scrappy, self-assertive, truculent, up in arms, vigorous, warlike, warring |
| Antonyms: | compliant, peaceful, peaceloving, submissive, tolerant |
| Main Entry: | opinionated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believing very strongly and conveying it |
| Synonyms: | adamant, arbitrary, assertive, biased, bigoted, bossy, bullheaded, cocksure, cocky*, conceited, dictatorial, doctrinaire, dogmatic, hard-line, high-handed, inflexible, intransigent, locked in, obdurate, obstinate, one-sided, oracular, overbearing, pigheaded, positive, pragmatic, pragmatical, prejudiced, self-assertive, set in stone, set-on, single-minded, stubborn, tilted, uncompromising, unyielding, weighted |
| Antonyms: | compromising, indifferent, open-minded |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | overconfident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overly sure of oneself |
| Synonyms: | brash, careless, cocksure, cocky*, foolhardy, heading for a fall, heedless, hubristic, impudent, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pushy*, rash, reckless, self-assertive |
| Antonyms: | cautious, pessimistic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | presumptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-confident |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, audacious, bold, cheeky*, conceited, confident, contumelious, egotistic, foolhardy, forward, fresh, insolent, overconfident, overfamiliar, overweening, pompous, presuming, pretentious, pushy, rash, rude, self-assertive, self-assured, self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, uppity |
| Notes: | presumptive means 'based on a presumption, based on grounds of probability' while presumptuous means 'assuming an unwarranted, unauthorized responsibility' |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pugnacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, brawling, cantankerous, chip on shoulder, choleric, combative, contentious, defiant, disputatious, have a bone to pick, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, itching to fight, militant, petulant, pushing, pushy*, quarrelsome, ready to fight, rebellious, salty, scrappy, self-assertive, truculent, warlike |
| Antonyms: | easy-going, kind, laid-back, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive, offensive |
| Synonyms: | ambitious, assertive, bold, brash, bumptious, forceful, loud, militant, obnoxious, obtrusive, officious, presumptuous, pushful, pushing, self-assertive |
| Antonyms: | modest, quiet, shy, unassuming |
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