Assertive and Strong

Assertive

Assertive adjective - Having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal.

Strong and assertive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strong" instead an adjective "Assertive".

Strong

Strong adjective - Having muscles capable of exerting great physical force.

Assertive and strong are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Assertive" instead an adjective "Strong".

Nearby Word: strongly

Both words in one sentence

  • Maggie Greene went from an emotionally fragile girl from the comic to an emotionally strong and assertive in the show.
  • Real Women Don't Wear Dresses: A female character can be strong and assertive or pretty and feminine, but not both.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer subverted it: A demon splits Xander into two, but while one half is meek and the other assertive and strong, neither is "good" or "evil" (although both are convinced that the other half is the demon presumably because they've seen this plot before).
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