adjective
- Aggressively self-assured.
- usage: "an energetic assertive boy who was always ready to argue"; "pointing directly at a listener is an assertive act"
- synonyms: self-asserting, self-assertive
Assertive and Self-supporting
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
adjective
- Financially independent.
- usage: "now that my children are self-supporting"
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