assertive — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.

   Examples

   Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.

2. Pungent.

   Examples

   an assertive taste or odor

Noun

1. An assertion.

   Examples

   Proportionative assertives occur in styles of all kinds, from the least formal to the most formal. Satisfactory declarative equivalents do not exist.

Adjective

1. aggressively self-assured

   Synonyms

   self-assertingself-assertive

   Antonyms

   unassertive

   Examples

   an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue

   pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act