He was assertive by nature.
Source: tatoeba (375967)
Assertive
//əˈsɝtɪv//
Synonyms for "assertive" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
9 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- напорист adj (boldly self-assured)
- настоятелен adj (boldly self-assured)
- самоуверен adj (boldly self-assured)
Catalan
1 entries- assertiu adj (boldly self-assured)
Czech
4 entries- asertivní adj (boldly self-assured)
- důrazný adj (boldly self-assured)
- kategorický adj (boldly self-assured)
- průbojný adj (boldly self-assured)
Danish
2 entries- assertiv adj (boldly self-assured)
- selvsikker adj (boldly self-assured)
Dutch
2 entries- assertief adj (boldly self-assured)
- mondig adj (boldly self-assured)
Esperanto
1 entries- ordonema adj (boldly self-assured)
Finnish
2 entries- itsevarma adj (boldly self-assured)
- jämäkkä adj (boldly self-assured)
French
2 entries- assertif adj (boldly self-assured)
- assuré adj (boldly self-assured)
Galician
1 entries- asertivo adj (boldly self-assured)
German
4 entries- affirmativ adj (boldly self-assured)
- assertiv adj (boldly self-assured)
- assertiv adj (boldly self-assured)
- auffallend adj (boldly self-assured)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַסֶרְטִיבִי adj (boldly self-assured)
Irish
1 entries- forránach adj (boldly self-assured)
Italian
1 entries- assertivo adj (boldly self-assured)
Macedonian
2 entries- самоу́верен adj (boldly self-assured)
- у́тврден adj (boldly self-assured)
Māori
1 entries- hikareia adj (boldly self-assured)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fremoverlent adj (boldly self-assured)
Polish
3 entries- asertywny adj (boldly self-assured)
- pewny siebie adj (boldly self-assured)
- pewny swego adj (boldly self-assured)
Portuguese
2 entries- assertivo adj (boldly self-assured)
- firme adj (boldly self-assured)
Romanian
1 entries- asertiv adj (boldly self-assured)
Russian
3 entries- напо́ристый adj (boldly self-assured)
- самоуве́ренный adj (boldly self-assured)
- утверди́тельный adj (boldly self-assured)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dian-bhriathrach adj (boldly self-assured)
Spanish
2 entries- asertivo adj (boldly self-assured)
- aseverativo adj (boldly self-assured)
Turkish
1 entries- iddialı adj (boldly self-assured)
Ukrainian
1 entries- асертивний adj (boldly self-assured)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
She's assertive.
Source: tatoeba (1300165)
You need to learn to be assertive.
Source: tatoeba (2060508)
Tom is assertive.
Source: tatoeba (2202582)
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