Pushy

Synonyms for "pushy" (100 found)

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Closest matches (20)

adventuresome adventurous aggressive ambitious arrogant assertive audacious bold brash brassy brazen bumptious busy busybody cheeky cocky cold confident

Adjective(2 words)

aggressive coercive

Strong matches (30)

controlled contumelious cool disdainful dogmatic domineering driving dynamic enterprising familiar firm-minded forceful forward gaygo aheadgo-ahead hubristic hustling impertinent importunate

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independent inquisitive insolent insulting

Adjective(6 words)

dominant forceful forward gumptioushigh pressureinsistent

Related words (50)

Adjective(7 words)

intrusive overbearing overeager peremptory persistent pressuring pushful

Noun(3 words)

jostling ramroddingshoving gesture

loud make meddlesome meddling militant nosy obnoxious obtrusive offensive officious overconfident overpresumptuous overweening presuming presumptuous procacious prying pugnacious pushful pushing

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self-appointed self-asserting self-assertive self-controlled self-expressive self-possessed self-restrained showy snoopy strongstrong mindedstrong willedstrong-minded strong-willedup-and-cominguppish uppity venturesome venturous

Verb(1 words)

shoving

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More general

3 entries

behavioral traitmannerismpersonality trait

More specific

6 entries

coercive persuasionforceful advocacyhigh pressure tacticsintrusive overbearingpersistent insistence

Collocations

5 entries

pushy approachpushy behaviorpushy questionspushy rhetoricpushy tone

Inflections

2 entries

pushier pushiest

Derivations

2 entries

pushily pushiness

similar

1 entries

ambitious

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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Don't you think you are a little too pushy?

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Everybody knew that she was being pushy.

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You need to stop being so pushy.

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I don't want to seem pushy.

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