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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for assertive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.