Words and phrases that have a meaning related to unassertive: (129 results)
Antonyms:
assertive
Often used in the same context:
inexpressive, diffident, unexpressive, imperturbable, incommunicative, undemonstrative, introverted, unthreatening, meek, affectless, unshowy, lumpish, mannered, timid, naif, brusk, impassive, straightlaced, stoic, stolid, taciturn, irresolute, puppyish, unaffectionate, mousy, saturnine, priggish, mousey, sullen, ingratiating, humorless, guileless, flighty, nerdish, unconfident, extraverted, kittenish, egoistical, pixieish, genial, epicene, coltish, dislikable, unaffecting, amiable, cheerful, scatty, obsequious, inoffensive, unadventurous, phlegmatic, snappish, unexcitable, doltish, indistinctive, unlikeable, owlish, truculent, charming, garrulous, schoolmarmish, passionless, perky, sphinxlike, unassuming, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, dutiful, uncomplaining, likable, waspish, likeable, demure, acquiescent, emotionless, wittedness, conformist, inarticulate, saintlike, standoffish, maladroit, inscrutable, disdainful, urbane, studious, insouciant, ambitionless, unostentatious, equable, miscast, overemotional, gregarious, lunkheaded, somnambulistic, glib, assertive, dwarfish, clownlike, bumptious, timorous, mirthless, morose, reticent, extroverted, demented, effacing, submissive, androgynous, anorexic, distraught, domineering, easygoing, suggestible, cantankerous, carefree, extrovert, nonassertive, obstreperous
Appears in the definition of:
milksop, milquetoast, pansy, pantywaist, sissy, unassertively
Synonyms:
Also try:retiring, self-effacing, unnoticeable, unobtrusive
— Nouns for unassertive: behavior, children, people, person, man, way, manner, behaviors, woman, style, clients, more...
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