self-assertive

Questions about self-assertive

What does self-assertive mean?

self-assertive means "aggressively self-assured". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-assertive?

self-assertive has 4 syllables: sel-f-as-ser-tive. The stress falls on "f-as".

What is another word for self-assertive?

Close synonyms include assertive, self-asserting, bumptious. 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 self-assertive a common word?

self-assertive 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.