What are the antonyms for ASSERTIVE?
- guarded, weak, submissive, unassertive, Nonemphatic, unforceful, amenable, quiet, cowering, unconfident, acquiescent, equivocal, deferential, unenterprising, slavish, mild, wishy-washy, unemphatic, laid-back, meek, hesitant, cringing, obsequious, halting, easygoing, unobtrusive, diffident, unambitious, bashful, subservient, compliant, subdued, understated, groveling, resigned, servile, tractable, forceless, shrinking, indefinite, unaggressive, yielding, reserved, unsure, overmodest, relaxed, shy, docile, passive, uncompelling, ambiguous, ambitionless, timid, mousy.
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Synonyms for ASSERTIVE
- belligerent,
- defensive,
- up-beat,
- imperative,
- gladiatorial,
- cavalier,
- direct,
- secure,
- ex cathedra,
- arbitrary,
- overbearing,
- outspoken,
- compelling,
- unswerving,
- dictatorial,
- excathedra,
- valiant,
- overweening,
- express,
- in arms,
- Asseverative,
- deductive,
- tenacious,
- affirmatory,
- self-assertive,
- obnoxious,
- overconfident,
- definite,
- bossy,
- warlike,
- indocile,
- strong-minded,
- poised,
- persistent,
- study ataggressive,
- energetic,
- declarative,
- repressive,
- truculent,
- fascistic,
- set in stone,
- self-asserting,
- doctrinaire,
- sanguine,
- sure of oneself,
- rakish,
- Undoubtful,
- forcible,
- unrelenting,
- rigid,
- determined,
- in charge,
- authoritarian,
- by natural law,
- pumped up,
- undoubting,
- predicative,
- wrongheaded,
- specific,
- positive,
- earnest,
- autocratic,
- aggressive,
- fire-eating,
- uncompromising,
- Grounded,
- hoity-toity,
- cocksure,
- firm,
- resounding,
- attitude,
- categorical,
- puissant,
- strong,
- certain,
- enterprising,
- unmistakable,
- commanding,
- Hard-headed,
- as a matter of course,
- unfaltering,
- forward,
- affirmative,
- impressive,
- mightiest,
- stubborn,
- dogmatic,
- strenuous,
- confident,
- pretentious,
- impertinent,
- sure,
- pronounced,
- inexorable,
- olympian,
- snotty,
- Gutty,
- by fiat,
- hardline,
- for a face,
- brazen,
- dominant,
- magisterial,
- honored,
- bold,
- combative,
- by nature,
- brash,
- locked in,
- insolent,
- importunate,
- set on,
- dictative,
- wilful,
- muscular,
- try,
- obstinate,
- intense,
- forceful,
- polished,
- hostile,
- pushful,
- despotic,
- bullying,
- dignified,
- unruly,
- insistent,
- on faith,
- no mistake,
- superior,
- supercilious,
- decided,
- militant,
- loud,
- ruling,
- pigheaded,
- singleminded,
- lordly,
- stony,
- glib,
- hifalutin,
- head-strong,
- stiff-necked,
- supreme,
- unmistakeable,
- undismayed,
- unselfconscious,
- showy,
- emphatic,
- presumptuous,
- peremptory,
- unhesitating,
- ex-cathedra,
- authoritative,
- bumptious,
- vigorous,
- governing,
- reigning,
- haughty,
- raffish,
- overweighing,
- influential,
- pushing,
- Sure-footed,
- recalcitrant,
- ascendant,
- assertional,
- assertive,
- declaratory,
- self-assured,
- strong-willed,
- leading,
- demanding,
- bellicose,
- tyrannical,
- imperious,
- hard line,
- strict,
- pre-eminent,
- pushy,
- obdurate,
- decisive,
- absolute,
- smooth,
- explicit,
- Questionless,
- opinionated,
- together,
- Perseverant,
- snooty,
- over-confident,
- fixed,
- arrogant,
- in-your-face,
- domineering,
- wrong-headed,
- definitive,
- unyielding,
- Lion-hearted,
- distinct,
- Assertory,
- independent,
- resolute,
- self-willed,
- offensive,
- assured,
- smoothly,
- unambiguous,
- cheeky,
- out of line,
- presidential,
- make,
- assertative,
- overbalancing,
- weighted,
- difficult,
- persevering,
- officious,
- incisive,
- high-handed,
- doctrinal,
- proud,
- pontifical,
- brassy,
- seton,
- unequivocal,
- self-reliant,
- self-confident,
- tilted,
- highfalutin,
- set-on,
- highhanded,
- urgent,
- unwavering,
- dogged,
- controlling,
- self-possessed.
Usage Examples for ASSERTIVE
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Such torpor of spiritual understanding and sentiment, I say, ought to keep us from being unduly positive, or self- assertive, in our interpretation of Scripture. - "Love's Final Victory" by Horatio
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His mother, Theodora, as she had been crowned empress, was regent in her own right, and she quickly proved herself one of the most self- assertive of Byzantine princesses. - "Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)" by Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll
