- assertive - inclined to bold and confident assertion; aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act"
Antonyms: unassertive, reticent, self-effacing, nonassertive
- assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive - confidently aggressive; "too assertive as a salesman"; "his self-assertive and unflagging energy"
Antonyms: unaggressive, nonaggressive (indirect, via aggressive)