Adjective: assertive u'sur-tiv
- Confident and direct in expressing one's opinions, needs, wishes, or rights, without being aggressive or submissive
"She took was assertive in the negotiations";
- self-asserting, self-assertive
See also: aggressive, cocky, emphatic, emphatical [rare], forceful, forcible, imperative
Antonym: unassertive
Encyclopedia: Assertive