assertive

About 2.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.
2. adjective Pungent.

   an assertive taste or odor

3. noun An assertion.

Similar words

self-assertive emphatic cocky forceful aggressive self-asserting self-confident confident resolute positive

Often followed by

and behavior in training discipline than or communication community

Word family

assertively assertiveness assertivenesses