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| Main Entry: | pushy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive, offensive |
| Synonyms: | ambitious, assertive, bold, brash, bumptious, forceful, loud, militant, obnoxious, obtrusive, officious, presumptuous, pushing, self-assertive, pushful |
| Antonyms: | modest, quiet, shy, unassuming |
| Main Entry: | assertive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive |
| Synonyms: | absolute, assured, certain, confident, decided, decisive, demanding, dogmatic, domineering, emphatic, firm, forceful, forward, insistent, militant, overbearing, positive, pushy, self-assured, self-confident, strong-willed, sure |
| Antonyms: | diffident, quiet, shy, unconfident |
| Main Entry: | assuming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | presumptuous, arrogant |
| Synonyms: | bold, conceited, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, forward, haughty, imperious, overbearing, pushy, rude |
| Antonyms: | doubting, unassuming |
| Main Entry: | bossy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | domineering |
| Synonyms: | authoritarian, commanding, controlling, despotic, dictatorial, high-handed, imperious, oppressive, overbearing, overpowering, pushy, strict, tyrannical, iron-handed |
| Main Entry: | meddlesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interfering |
| Synonyms: | busy, busybody*, curious, impertinent, intrusive, meddling, mischievous, nosy, officious, prying, pushy, troublesome, chiseling, encumbering, hindering, impeding, intermeddling, interposing, interrupting, intruding, kibitzing, obstructive, snooping, snoopy, tampering |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, avoiding, dodging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | militant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive, combative |
| Synonyms: | active, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, contentious, embattled, fighting, martial, military, offensive, pugnacious, pushy, quarrelsome, self-assertive, truculent, up in arms, vigorous, warlike, warring, assertory, combating, contending, gladiatorial, in arms, militaristic, scrappy |
| Antonyms: | compliant, peaceful, submissive, tolerant, peaceloving |
| Main Entry: | officious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-important, dictatorial |
| Synonyms: | busy, forward, impertinent, inquisitive, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive, opinionated, pragmatic, pushy, rude, interfering, overzealous |
| Notes: | an official (noun) is one who holds or is invested with an office or a referee or umpire in a game or sport - (adjective) having official authority or of or relating to an office; officious means marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed |
| Antonyms: | modest, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | overconfident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overly sure of oneself |
| Synonyms: | brash, careless, cocksure*, cocky*, foolhardy, heedless, impudent, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, pushy*, rash, reckless, self-assertive, heading for a fall, hubristic |
| Antonyms: | cautious, pessimistic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | precocious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding |
| Synonyms: | advanced, aggressive, ahead of time, beforehand, bold, brassy*, bright, cheeky*, cocky*, developed, early, flip*, flippant, forward, fresh, intelligent, mature, nervy, premature, presumptuous, pushy, quick, sassy*, smart-alecky |
| Antonyms: | stupid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | presumptuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-confident |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, audacious, bold, cheeky*, conceited, confident, egotistic, foolhardy, forward, fresh, insolent, overconfident, overweening, pompous, presuming, pretentious, pushy, rash, rude, self-assertive, self-assured, self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, uppity*, contumelious, overfamiliar |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pugnacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, cantankerous, choleric, combative, contentious, defiant, disputatious, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, militant, petulant, pushing, pushy*, quarrelsome, rebellious, salty*, self-assertive, truculent, warlike, brawling, chip on shoulder, have a bone to pick, itching to fight, ready to fight, scrappy |
| Antonyms: | kind, laid-back, nice, easy-going |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | venturesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | courageous |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, aggressive, audacious, bold, brave, daredevil, daring, enterprising, fearless, foolhardy, gutsy, intrepid, plucky, pushy, rash, reckless, resourceful, risky, spirited, spunky, stalwart, stout, sturdy, temerarious, overbold, venturous |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cowardly |
| Main Entry: | zealous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic |
| Synonyms: | afire, antsy*, ardent, avid, burning, dedicated, devoted, eager, earnest, fanatic, fanatical, fervent, fervid, fired, frenetic, hot*, impassioned, itchy*, keen, obsessed, passionate, possessed, pushy*, rabid, ripe, spirited, coming on strong, fireball, gung-ho, self-starting, wild-eyed |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, indifferent, lethargic, unenthusiastic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bumptious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensively self-assertive |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, cocksure, conceited, egotistic, forward, loud, obnoxious, pushy, egotistical, full of oneself |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest, uncertain |
| Main Entry: | pushing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive |
| Synonyms: | ambitious, forward, intrusive, presuming, pushy* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ambitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desiring success |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, anxious, ardent, aspiring, avid, come on, designing, desirous, determined, driving, eager, eager beaver*, earnest, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, hopeful, hungry, industrious, inspired, intent, longing, purposeful, pushing, pushy*, resourceful, sharp, soaring, striving, thirsty, vaulting, zealous, ball of fire, bent upon, climbing, come on strong, fireball, get up and go, go-getter, goal-oriented, hard ball, high-reaching, power-loving, self-starting |
| Antonyms: | content, fulfilled, satisfied, unassuming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | confident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, assured |
| Synonyms: | bold, brave, cocksure, convinced, courageous, dauntless, depending on, expectant, expecting, fearless, high*, hopeful, intrepid, positive, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-assured, self-reliant, self-sufficient, sure, trusting, unafraid, undaunted, upbeat, uppity*, valiant, bet on, counting on, having faith in, puffed up, racked |
| Antonyms: | uncertain, unsure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happy |
| Synonyms: | alert, animate, animated, blithe, brash, carefree, cheerful, cheery, chipper*, confident, convivial, devil-may-care*, festive, forward, frivolous, frolicsome, glad, gleeful, hilarious, insouciant, jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, mirthful, playful, presuming, pushy, rollicking, self-assertive, sparkling, spirited, sportive, sprightly, sunny, vivacious, wild, zippy*, blithesome, bouncy, chirpy, fun-loving, gamesome, pleasure-seeking |
| Antonyms: | depressed, discouraged, sad, unhappy, upset, worried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aggressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assertive |
| Synonyms: | bold, brassy*, cheeky*, cocky*, come on*, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, flip*, forceful, fresh*, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy*, pushing, pushy, sassy, smart*, strenuous, tough, vigorous, zealous, assertory, get up and go, go after, shooting from the hip, smart alecky |
| Antonyms: | complaisant, laid-back |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confident |
| Synonyms: | assertive, audacious, bold, brazen, certain, cocksure*, collected, complacent, composed, confident, cool, gung ho*, gutsy*, high*, imperturbable, overconfident, positive, pushy, rosy*, sanguine, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, sure, unflappable, upbeat*, poised, puffed up, pumped up, unhesitating |
| Antonyms: | confused, distrustful, doubtful, doubting, fearful, hesitant, nervous, dismayed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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