Reverse Dictionary: ASSERT

ADJECTIVES
► AFFIRMATIVE assertive, insistent; dogmatic → 1650 obs.
► AFFIRMATORY assertive; that makes an assertion; affirmative → 1651 
► BUSTY self-assertive, loud, smart-alecky → 1936 Amer. dial.
► BUTCH unpleasantly assertive; dominating; said of a woman → 1971 sl.
► GUTTY assertive and forceful → 1939 Amer. sl.
► KICK-ASS assertive, vigorous, powerful, aggressive → 1970 US sl.
► ROBUSTIOUS strongly self-assertive, boisterous, noisy, pompous → 1548 
► SPRIGHTFUL assertive, determined, bold → 1550 
► THREAPING asserting or insisting pertinaciously → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TOPPING assertive, exhibiting a superior air; conceited, arrogant → 1790 Amer. dial.
► TOPPY assertive, exhibiting a superior air; conceited, arrogant → 1908 Amer. dial.

INTERJECTIONS
► BY THE LORD HARRY! an exclamation expressing assertion or surprise → 1687 

NOUNS
► ADVANCE assertion, allegation; the putting forward of statements → 1699 obs.
► ADVANCEMENT an advancing of an assertion; a putting forward of a statement → 1532 obs.
► AFFIRMANCE an assertion; an affirming; a statement; a strong declaration → 1399 
► ARGUE assertion, argument; dispute, contention, quarrel → 1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ATTITUDE assertive spirit; a hostile or haughty attitude → 1962 Amer. sl.
► ENERGY assertiveness, boldness, forwardness; bravery → 1966 Amer. dial.
► HOTI an assertion, a fact → 1653 
► OATS assertiveness, boldness → 1970 Amer. dial.
► POL an assertion or declaration → 1600 obs.
► SAY-SO one’s personal assertion or statement → 1637 
► THRAIP-KNOT an assertion made without any foundation, with the object of finding out the truth of what is suspected or to prevent the doing of a thing dreaded → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► THREAP a pertinacious assertion; an indictment, charge, representation of facts → 1742 Sc.
► VANCE a boastful, arrogant assertion or bearing → 1830 Sc.

NOUNS, PERSON
► ARRIVISTE an assertive person, one who is bent on making a good position for himself in the world → 1912 
► HE-MAN an assertive, muscular, or virile man → 1885 orig. US
► JACKEEN a self-assertive, worthless fellow; used contemptuously → 1840 Anglo-Irish
► THREAPER a person who asserts or insists pertinaciously and, generally, falsely → 1871 Sc.
► VAUNTER a boastful assertor, extoller, commender, or praiser of something → 1553 arch.
► YOUNG GUN an assertive or ambitious young person, esp. within a particular organization or institution → 1929 colloq.

PHRASES
►A COCK CROWS LOUDEST ON HIS OWN DUNGHILL one will always be most confident or assertive in the place or situation in which he feels most at home or at easy, or when dealing with a subject or area with which he is familiar or comfortable → 1387

VERBS
► AFFAIN to assert falsely; to feign to belong to anyone, to attribute fictitiously → 1640 obs.
► AGGRESSO to act assertively → 20C teen & high school sl.
► AMBITION to propose or opine assertively → 1898 Amer. dial.
► ANK to assert emphatically; to be of opinion → 1885 Eng. dial.
► ASSEVER to assert seriously, to declare → 1826 Sc. obs.
► BOW UP to assert oneself; to stand up to someone → 1941 Amer. dial.
► DOWNFACE to persist boldly in an assertion, whether true or not → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► KEEP TO ONE’S THREAP to adhere to an assertion or purpose → 1819 Sc.
► KICK ASS to be assertive or powerful → 1977 US sl.
► LEDGE to assert without proof, to allege → 1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► REAR UP to assert oneself → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SET UP ONE’S GAB to assert oneself in speech; to speak out boldly or impertinently; to give free expression to one’s opinions → 1818 Sc.
► SPUNK UP to assert oneself spiritedly or courageously → 1850 
► TAKE to assert oneself; to put oneself forward → 1720 obs.
► TAKE ON to assert, to asseverate → 1583 obs.
► TAKE THE CANE OUT to assert dogmatically; to lay down the law → 1980 sl.
► THRAPE ► THREEP to assert vehemently, boldly, and in a manner not to brook contradiction → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► THREAP to assert positively, esp. to persist in or maintain a false accusation or assertion; to insist on; to swear, repeat, or reiterate obstinately → 1671 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THREAP DOWN to assert or insist with pertinacity, esp. to persist in a false assertion; to protest or argue strongly → 1877 Eng. dial.
► THREAP DOWN THE THROAT to assert or insist with pertinacity, esp. to persist in a false assertion; to protest or argue strongly → 1864 Sc.
► THREAPEN to assert positively; to insist on a thing obstinately → 1671 Eng. dial. obs.
► THREAP OUT to assert or insist with pertinacity, esp. to persist in a false assertion → 1790 Eng. dial.
► VENDICATE to assert a claim, to claim ability, to do something → 1557 obs.