assertive C2+ Topic:Register & Style US /əˈsɝtɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #29882 Meanings 1 adj aggressively self-assured I was an energetic assertive child who was always ready to argue. 2 adj Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive. Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · aggressively self-assured self-assertingself-assertive Word family Forms unassertive Derived forms assertivelyassertivenesshyperassertivenonassertiveoverassertiveself-assertivesubassertiveunassertiveunderassertive Related forms assertative Etymology Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert + -ive. Topics Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # assertive **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /əˈsɝtɪv/ **Frequency rank:** 29882 ## Meanings 1. aggressively self-assured 2. Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive. ## Examples - I was an energetic assertive child who was always ready to argue. - Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose. ## Synonyms - self-asserting - self-assertive ## Derived Forms - assertively - assertiveness - hyperassertive - nonassertive - overassertive - self-assertive - subassertive - unassertive - underassertive ## Related Forms - assertative ## Etymology Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert + -ive. ## Topics - Register & Style markdown