assertive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective aggressively self-assured
    self-assertive; self-asserting.
    • an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue
    • pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act

WordNet

As*sert"ive adjective
Definitions
  1. Positive; affirming confidently; affirmative; peremptory.
    In a confident and assertive form. Glanvill.
    As*sert"ive*ly, adv. -- As*sert"ive*ness, n.

Webster 1913