unassertive

The word “unassertive” has 4 syllables: un-as-ser-tive

It's pronounced as /ˌʌnəˈsɜrtɪv/

What is synonym and antonym for unassertive?

In the thesaurus, “unassertive” has 234 synonyms and 154 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for unassertive along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for unassertive

Milquetoast
abashed
accommodated
acquiescent
adapted
adjusted
afraid
agreeable
ambivalent
amenable
apathetic
apprehensive
asleep
averse
aw-shucks
backward
badgered
bashful
bearing
biddable
blenching
blushful
blushing
browbeaten
bullied
calm
capricious
cautious
chary
chaste
circumspect
close
colorless
compliant
confused
conscious
constrained
cool
coquettish
cordial
cowardly
cowed
cowering
coy
cringing
daunted
decorous
deferential
demure
diffident
discreet
disinclined
distrustful
docile
dominated
doubtful
down-to-earth
dubious
dull
earnest
embarrassed
enduring
evasive
faint
fainthearted
fearful
feeble
flat
flinching
flirtatious
forbearing
frightened
genial
gentle
going through motions
gutless
hands off
having cold feet
hesitant
humble
idle
indeterminate
indifferent
indisposed
ineffectual
inert
ingenuous
insecure
intimidated
introvert
introverted
irresolute
kittenish
laid-back
latent
led by the nose
lily-livered
loath
loner
long-suffering
lowly
manageable
meek
moderate
modest
moony
motionless
mousey
mousy
nagged
naive
nervous
nice
nongregarious
nonresistant
nonresisting
nonviolent
not forward
obedient
overmodest
pale
passive
patient
peaceable
philosophical
phlegmatic
plain
pliant
poker-faced
prim
prissy
proper
prudent
prudish
pusillanimous
quiescent
quiet
rabbity
ready
receptive
recessive
reclusive
recoiling
reconciled
relinquishing
reluctant
renouncing
reserved
resigned
restrained
reticent
retiring
satisfied
sedate
seemly
self-conscious
self-deprecating
self-deprecatory
self-effacing
serious
shaky
shamefaced
sheepish
shrinking
shuddering
shy
silent
simple
skittish
sleepy
sober
soft
solemn
spineless
spiritless
staid
static
stoical
stolid
strait-laced
subdued
subjected to nagging
submissive
subservient
suspicious
tame
temperate
tentative
timid
timorous
tolerant
tractable
trembling
tremulous
unaffable
unaffected
unaggressive
unambitious
unassuming
unassured
unboastful
uneager
uneffusive
unexpansive
unflappable
uninvolved
unnerved
unobtrusive
unostentatious
unpoised
unpresuming
unpretending
unpretentious
unprotesting
unresisting
unresponsive
unsociable
unsocial
unsure
unwilling
vacillating
verecund
walking through it
wary
wavering
weak
well-disposed
wife-ridden
willing
wimpy
withdrawing
withdrawn
yellow
yielding

Antonyms for unassertive

able
active
adequate
aggressive
agitated
arrogant
assertive
assured
audacious
beautiful
bent
boastful
boisterous
bold
bombastic
braggy
brash
brassy
brave
brazen
bumptious
calm
careless
caring
cheeky
chesty
cocksure
cocky
complex
complicated
conceited
concerned
condescending
confident
courageous
daring
demonstrative
disdainful
disposed
dominant
dominating
domineering
dynamic
eager
egocentric
egoistic
egoistical
egotistic
egotistical
enough
excited
extraordinary
extraverted
extroverted
fancy
fastuous
fearless
flamboyant
flaunting
forthcoming
forward
friendly
haughty
heedless
hifalutin
high-and-mighty
high-handed
high-hat
highfalutin
hoity-toity
hubristic
huffish
huffy
immodest
impatient
imperious
impertinent
impudent
incautious
inclined
indiscreet
interested
intolerant
intricate
lively
lordly
loud
magisterial
narcissistic
obtrusive
ostentatious
outgoing
overbearing
overconfident
overweening
patronizing
peremptory
pompous
pontificating
presuming
presumptuous
pretentious
prideful
proud
rash
rough
roused
saucy
self-affected
self-asserting
self-assertive
self-centered
self-complacent
self-conceited
self-confident
self-congratulatory
self-contented
self-engrossed
self-important
self-obsessed
self-pleased
self-satisfied
shameless
showy
smug
sociable
strong
stuck-up
supercilious
superior
swaggering
swelled-headed
toploftical
toplofty
troubled
unabashed
unafraid
unashamed
uncareful
unfearful
uninhibited
unlimited
unprepared
unreserved
unshy
unwilling
unworried
uppish
uppity
vain
vainglorious
violent
wild
willing

Meanings of unassertive

adjective
1. Not assertive.

Example Sentences

She remained unassertive in meetings, rarely speaking up even when she had valuable ideas.
His unassertive demeanor often led others to overlook his talents.
The unassertive response from the team indicated a lack of confidence in their decision.
Being unassertive in negotiations can sometimes lead to being taken advantage of.
The unassertive nature of the employee made it difficult for them to advance in their career.

On this page you'll find 388 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to unassertive, such as: Milquetoast, abashed, able, accommodated, acquiescent, active, adapted.

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