[syn: bumptious, self-assertive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Self-assertive \Self`-as*sert"ive\, a.
Disposed to self-assertion; self-asserting.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
self-assertive
adj 1: aggressively self-assured; "an energetic assertive boy
who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a
listener is an assertive act" [syn: assertive, self-
asserting, self-assertive] [ant: unassertive]
2: offensively self-assertive [syn: bumptious, self-
assertive]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "self-assertive":
assertive, audacious, bold, cocksure, controlled, firm-minded,
forward, impertinent, importunate, independent, intrusive,
meddlesome, militant, obtrusive, officious, overweening, presuming,
pushful, pushing, pushy, self-asserting, self-controlled,
self-expressive, self-possessed, self-restrained, strong-minded,
strong-willed, sure, uppish, uppity