All assertiveness synonyms

noun assertiveness

• vigor — active strength or force.
• strength — the quality or state of being strong; bodily or muscular power; vigor.
• power — a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
• vitality — exuberant physical strength or mental vigor: a person of great vitality.
• vim — lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
• fierceness — menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
• intensity — the quality or condition of being intense.
• vehemence — the quality of being vehement; ardor; fervor.
• aggressiveness — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
• might — physical strength: He swung with all his might.
• potency — the state or quality of being potent.
• decisiveness — having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy; crucial or most important: Your argument was the decisive one.
• determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
• firmness — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
• purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
• purposefulness — having a purpose.
• resoluteness — firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion: Her parents wanted her to marry, but she was focused on her education and remained resolute.
• resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
• resolve — to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full.
• willpower — control of one's impulses and actions; self-control.
• conclusiveness — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
• unemphatic — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
• decided — Decided means clear and definite.
• confidence — If you have confidence in someone, you feel that you can trust them.
• forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
• insistence — the act or fact of insisting.
• boldness — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
• decision — When you make a decision, you choose what should be done or which is the best of various possible actions.
• disorderly — characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused: a disorderly desk.
• force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
• fractiousness — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
• vigour — active strength or force.
• heedless — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
• unruliness — not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.
• imprudence — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
• intractability — not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition.
• lawlessness — contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
• obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
• obstreperousness — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
• perverseness — willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary.
• recalcitrance — resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
• recklessness — utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually followed by of): to be reckless of danger.
• refractoriness — hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient: a refractory child.
• unmanageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
• untoward — unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
• impetuousness — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
• impulsiveness — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
• orneriness — ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
• rebelliousness — defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.
• wayward — turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient: a wayward son; wayward behavior.