Word Study
assertive
CIDE DICTIONARY
assertive, a.
Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory. [1913 Webster]
"In a confident and assertive form." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
assertive, adj.
1 tending to assert oneself; forthright, positive.
2 dogmatic.
1 tending to assert oneself; forthright, positive.
2 dogmatic.
Derivative
assertively adv. assertiveness n.
THESAURUS
assertive
absolute, affirmative, affirmatory, aggressive, assertative, assertional, bold, bossy, certain, confident, decided, declarative, declaratory, definite, doctrinaire, dogmatic, domineering, emphatic, firm, insistent, opinionated, peremptory, positive, predicational, predicative, pushy, sureFor further exploring for "assertive" in Webster Dictionary Online