SELF-ASSERTING Synonyms: 247 Similar and Opposite Words

self-asserting

adjective

ˌself-ə-ˈsər-tiŋ

Definition of self-asserting

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

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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

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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

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Adjective

Ever-sensible Elinor, who never asks for much, has already met, and fallen for, Edward Ferrars (George MacKay), Fanny’s brother, as kind and modest as Fanny is arrogant.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Hal and Kate, having misread Trowbridge’s shock and dismay at the tragic death of Austin Dennison as a worse-than-usual bit of arrogant posturing, switch to Bad Cop mode.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of arrogant

Adjective

If Taipei refrains from crossing the ultimate red line of declaring formal independence, Beijing appears confident in its long-term strategy of integration.

— Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
In short, analysts are confident that music streaming services such as Spotify can enforce strict account policies, raise prices, and still make more money.

— Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of confident

Adjective

Bam Adebayo wasn’t aggressive enough on the offensive side of the ball, which has been a consistent story line of his nine-year NBA career.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
On a network like this, rule-breaking often isn’t aggressive at all.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of aggressive

Adjective

Best known for his ambitious documentary features, Kapadia described the process of adapting to the rigors of television production.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Tesla’s second-generation Roadster pairs ambitious performance hardware with a cockpit interface designed around driving data.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of ambitious

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