Meaning

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

    assertiv, selbstbewusst, durchsetzungsfähig

    напо́ристыйnapóristyj, самоуве́ренныйsamouvérennyj, утверди́тельныйutverdítelʹnyj

    асертивнийasertyvnyj

    aggressively self-assured

  2. Pungent.

    an assertive taste or odor

Examples

76 sentences
  1. Tom is assertive, but Mary isn't.

    Том асертивний, а Мері — ні. — deniko

  2. Tom isn't very assertive.

    Том не дуже асертивний. — deniko

  3. I can be assertive if necessary.

  4. I think Tom is too assertive.

  5. Tom is the more assertive twin.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
boldly self-assured:
Русский
By meaning 1
boldly self-assured:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
boldly self-assured:

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert + -ive.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert + -ive.

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Forms

more assertive, most assertive
Comparativemore assertive Lesson
Superlativemost assertive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • is very assertive
  • was too assertive
  • be more assertive
  • more assertive

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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