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self-assertiveadjective having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goalwe need to hire self-assertive salespeople who don't require constant supervision aggressive, ambitious, assertive, enterprising, fierce, go-getting, high-pressure, in-your-face, militant, pushy, self-asserting argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, discordant, disputatious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, trigger-happy, truculent, warlikehyperaggressive, overambitiousdynamic, energetic, gung ho, hustling, strenuous, vigorousemphatic, obtrusiveadventuresome, adventurous, daring, dashing, emboldened, gutsy, venturesome, venturousaudacious, bold, brash, brassy, bumptious, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, confident, determined, forward, impudent, insolent, overconfident, presumptuous, unapologetic, unsubdued, unyieldingbare-knuckle(also bare-knuckled or bare-knuckles), feisty, scrappydominating, domineering, imperious, lordly, magisterial, overbearing ambitionless, low-pressure, nonassertive, unaggressive, unambitious, unassertive, unenterprising easygoing, laid-back, relaxedacquiescent, amenable, compliant, deferential, docile, resigned, submissive, tractable, yieldingcowering, cringing, groveling(or grovelling), shrinkingbashful, demure, diffident, humble, lowly, meek, mild, modest, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, retiring, shy, subdued, timid, unobtrusiveobsequious, servile, slavish, subservient having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitudeafter the interview, we chose a less self-assertive and more self-effacing applicant arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, chesty, haughty, high-and-mighty, high-handed, high-hat, highfalutin(also hifalutin), huffish, huffy, imperious, important, lofty, lordly, masterful, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-asserting, sniffy, stiff-necked, supercilious, superior, toplofty(also toploftical), uppish, uppity authoritarian, bossy, dominant, dominating, domineering, magisterial, pontifical, pontificatingcondescending, disdainful, patronizingimpertinent, impudent, saucysnobbish, snobby, snootyblusterous, blustery, boastful, bombastic, braggart, bragging, braggy, cocky, swaggering, vain, vaingloriouscomplacent, conceited, egocentric, egoistic(also egoistical), egotistic(or egotistical), hubristic, narcissistic, orgulous, prideful, proud, self-affected, self-applauding, self-centered, self-complacent, self-conceited, self-pleased, self-satisfied, smug, stuck-upself-flattering, self-loving, self-promotingbrash, forward, uninhibited, unreservedextroverted(also extraverted), immodest humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious bashful, cowering, cringing, demure, diffident, introverted, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, self-critical, self-doubting, sheepish, shrinking, shy, subdued, timidacquiescent, compliant, deferential, meek, passive, submissive, unaggressive, unassertive, unassuming, unobtrusive, yieldingquiet, reserved, retiring aggressive, militant, assertive, self-assertive mean obtrusively energetic especially in pursuing particular goals.aggressive implies a disposition to dominate often in disregard of others' rights or in determined and energetic pursuit of one's ends.aggressive in his business dealings militant also implies a fighting disposition but suggests not self-seeking but devotion to a cause, movement, or principle.militant protesters rallied against the new law assertive suggests bold self-confidence in expression of opinion.the more assertive speakers dominated the forum self-assertive connotes forwardness or brash self-confidence.a self-assertive young upstart in 1849 |