Synonyms of self-asserting

self-asserting

adjective

ˌself-ə-ˈsər-tiŋ 

1

as in arrogant

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

a bunch of self-asserting upstarts who thought that they could buy their way into high society

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• superior
• cavalier
• bumptious
• assumptive
• supercilious
• haughty
• self-assertive
• uppity
• domineering
• high-and-mighty
• uppish
• dominant
• pretentious
• important
• high-handed
• chesty
• sniffy
• pompous
• imperious
• presumptuous
• peremptory
• huffy
• high-hat
• masterful
• overweening
• presuming
• authoritarian
• dominating
• lordly
• smug
• proud
• patronizing
• huffish
• toplofty
• impudent
• lofty
• condescending
• highfalutin
• stiff-necked
• bossy
• pontifical
• magisterial
• boastful
• egocentric
• swaggering
• narcissistic
• saucy
• conceited
• bombastic
• cocky
• snobbish
• disdainful
• snooty
• hubristic
• vainglorious
• egotistic
• egoistic
• snobby
• blustery
• complacent
• impertinent
• vain
• uninhibited
• self-complacent
• blusterous
• pontificating
• self-conceited
• extroverted
• self-centered
• prideful
• self-flattering
• self-satisfied
• immodest
• bragging
• braggart
• self-loving
• unreserved
• brash
• self-promoting
• braggy
• stuck-up
• self-pleased
• self-applauding
• self-affected
• orgulous
• forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• timid
• unpretentious
• lowly
• subdued
• bashful
• passive
• sheepish
• introverted
• diffident
• shy
• shrinking
• submissive
• demure
• mousy
• meek
• deferential
• acquiescent
• unassertive
• unassuming
• unobtrusive
• unaggressive
• compliant
• unarrogant
• yielding
• self-critical
• self-doubting
• quiet
• cringing
• cowering
• reserved
• overmodest
• retiring

2

as in confident

having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities

it takes a rather self-asserting person to start a business at such a young age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confident
• optimistic
• self-confident
• assured
• secure
• hopeful
• self-assured
• proud
• smug
• composed
• serene
• conceited
• unperturbed
• egotistic
• poised
• egoistic
• coolheaded
• collected
• unshaken
• self-centered
• complacent
• self-complacent
• self-possessed
• tranquil
• sanguine
• recollected
• self-contented
• upbeat
• imperturbable
• pompous
• vainglorious
• prideful
• self-conceited
• rosy
• vain
• overweening
• cool
• unshakable
• self-satisfied
• important
• self-important
• unflappable
• disciplined
• nerveless
• self-promoting
• unself-conscious
• self-reliant
• self-sufficient
• self-pleased
• self-applauding
• stuck-up
• self-affected
• self-composed
• self-controlled
• self-contained
• self-collected
• self-poised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• insecure
• timid
• diffident
• meek
• unassertive
• humble
• modest
• unassuming
• self-doubting
• nervous
• unpretentious
• self-distrustful
• jittery
• jumpy
• quiet
• bashful
• shy
• reserved
• demure
• mousy
• overmodest
• self-critical
• self-reproving
• self-reproachful

3

as in aggressive

having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal

just the kind of cocky, self-asserting person that you'd expect a sports agent to be

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggressive
• ambitious
• fierce
• assertive
• adventurous
• militant
• vigorous
• high-pressure
• in-your-face
• enterprising
• energetic
• confident
• pushy
• self-assertive
• daring
• go-getting
• belligerent
• warlike
• combative
• dynamic
• pugnacious
• bellicose
• bold
• quarrelsome
• argumentative
• emphatic
• truculent
• contentious
• disputatious
• domineering
• impudent
• gladiatorial
• insolent
• determined
• hustling
• obtrusive
• strenuous
• bumptious
• discordant
• overambitious
• adventuresome
• venturous
• cocky
• venturesome
• unapologetic
• hyperaggressive
• gung ho
• overconfident
• trigger-happy
• dashing
• brassy
• cocksure
• cheeky
• dominating
• feisty
• gutsy
• presumptuous
• brash
• overbearing
• audacious
• magisterial
• unyielding
• emboldened
• scrappy
• imperious
• forward
• lordly
• unsubdued
• bare-knuckle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unassertive
• unaggressive
• low-pressure
• unambitious
• easygoing
• nonassertive
• submissive
• docile
• deferential
• acquiescent
• relaxed
• amenable
• tractable
• compliant
• yielding
• ambitionless
• passive
• unenterprising
• timid
• humble
• resigned
• mild
• shrinking
• meek
• modest
• quiet
• subdued
• bashful
• servile
• laid-back
• unobtrusive
• shy
• diffident
• reserved
• lowly
• demure
• mousy
• subservient
• obsequious
• retiring
• slavish
• cringing
• cowering
• groveling
• overmodest