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View definitions for self-assertive

self-assertive

adjective as in bold

adjective as in overconfident

adjective as in pushy

adjective as in self-assertive

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Example Sentences

She was more self-important and self-assertive, and Zizi wondered if she had learned something definite against some suspect.

He was an absolute positivist; his positivism did not make him self-assertive nor peremptory; on the contrary, it oppressed him.

She was with the women who ministered to Him, never obtrusive, never self-assertive; but always ready when need was.

He was clever, self-assertive, and already known as a brilliant debater and as a sound speaker at the Oxford Union.

He had thought the man self-assertive, over self-confident, while disagreeably cringing in manner.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self-assertive, such as: audacious, bumptious, confident, immodest, pushy, and cocksure.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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