pushiness

Questions about pushiness

What does pushiness mean?

pushiness means "offensive boldness and assertiveness".

How many syllables are in pushiness?

pushiness has 3 syllables and divides as pu-shi-ness under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pushiness?

Close synonyms include bumptiousness, cockiness, forwardness. 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.

Is pushiness a common word?

pushiness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.