assertive

1. 1.

   aggressively self-assured

   “an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue”

   “pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act”

   Synonymsself-assertingself-assertive

   Antonymsunassertive

   Similarcockyemphatic

Questions about assertive

What does assertive mean?

assertive means "aggressively self-assured".

How many syllables are in assertive?

assertive has 3 syllables: as-ser-tive. The stress falls on "ser". In IPA it is /əˈsɝtɪv/.

What is another word for assertive?

Close synonyms include self-asserting, self-assertive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of assertive?

The recorded antonyms are unassertive.

Is assertive a common word?

assertive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.