What is another word for pushy?

Pronunciation: [pˈʊʃi] (IPA)

Pushy is a commonly used term to describe someone who is too forceful in their behavior or actions. However, sometimes it's necessary to find alternative words to describe the same behavior in a more polite or diplomatic way. Some synonyms that can be substituted for pushy include aggressive, assertive, insistent, determined, ambitious, tenacious, and persistent. Each of these words conveys the idea of someone who is focused and determined but without the negative connotations associated with being pushy. It's always important to choose the right words when describing someone's behavior to ensure that the message is clear and delivered appropriately.

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What are the opposite words for pushy?

Pushy is a negative adjective used to describe someone who is too assertive or aggressive in their approach. The opposite of pushy includes terms like laid-back, easy-going, relaxed, and patient. These antonyms not only indicate the absence of the negative attitude but also suggest a positive attitude of patience, understanding and openness to alternative ideas. A laid-back person is often more relaxed and informal, preferring to go with the flow, while an easy-going person is generally flexible and adaptable. Being relaxed and patient in one's approach often leads to better outcomes and better relationships with others. Therefore, being pushy is not always seen as a positive trait, and its antonyms are often preferable in various situations.

Usage examples for Pushy

Then she considered calling Stone Aimes, but she decided that would seem pushy.
"Syndrome"
Thomas Hoover
"Don't you think that's a little pushy, W.B.?
"Syndrome"
Thomas Hoover
Grinning slightly, Cade said, "You're a pushy woman, Beth."
"An Encounter in Atlanta"
Ed Howdershelt

Famous quotes with Pushy

  • I work with Sally and I can see Sally doing that. She is very aggressive. Very fun loving and charming... and pushy in a very competitive way and a very healthy way and a very good actress.
    Dabney Coleman
  • In the studio, if they need to come down to the floor, things are a bit pushy, although it is easier for them to say things directly rather than through about five people.
    Sarah Sutton
  • For those unfamiliar with modern Indian history: the Marxists, already pushy for acquiring as much power in the institutions as they could grab, were handed a near-monopoly on institutional power in India's academic and educational sector by Indira Gandhi ca. 1970. Involved in an intra-Congress power struggle, she needed the help of the Left. Her confidants P.N. Haksar and Nurul Hasan packed the institutions with Marxists, card-carrying or otherwise. When, during the Emergency dictatorship (1975-77), her Communist Party allies threatened to become too powerful, she and her son Sanjay removed them from key political positions but, in a typical instance of politicians' short-sightedness, they left the Marxists? hold on the cultural sector intact. In the good old Soviet tradition, they at once set out to falsify history and propagate their own version through the official textbooks. After coming to power in 1998, the BJP-dominated government has made a half-hearted and not always very competent attempt to effect glasnost (openness, transparency) at least in the history textbooks. This led the Marxists to start a furious hate campaign against the so-called 'saffronization' of history.
    Koenraad Elst
  • And she was good to me: strong, fun, and fiercely loyal. And if I didn't have many other friends because of her-most girls were intimidated by her looks, or thought she was too pushy, or just flat-out feared for their boyfriends-it never bothered me. I never missed having a wide, thick circle of girlfriends: Rina was more than enough. We were comfortable with each other's flaws and weaknesses, so we stuck together and kept to ourselves.
    Sarah Dessen
  • What about [my] books? How do I feel about them? I enjoyed writing all of them. But I think that if I could only choose a few, which, for example, might escape World War Three, I would choose, first, . Then . (published by Ballantine). (a recent Ace novel). Then and , both of which I wrote at the same time. And finally another Ace book, . But this list leaves out the most vital of them all: . I am afraid of that book; it deals with absolute evil, and I wrote it during a great crisis in my religious beliefs. I decided to write a novel dealing with absolute evil as personified in the form of a "human." When the galleys came from Doubleday I couldn't correct them because I could not bear to read the text, and this is still true. Two other books should perhaps be on this list, both very new Doubleday novels: and another as yet untitled []. has sold very well and has been eyed intently by a film company who has in fact purchased an option on it. My wife thinks it's a good book. I like it for one thing: It deals with a society in which animals are adored and rare, and a man who owns a real sheep is Somebody. . . and feels for that sheep a vast bond of love and empathy. Willis, my tomcat, strides silently over the pages of that book, being important as he is, with his long golden twitching tail. Make them understand, he says to me, that animals are really that important right now. He says this, and then eats up all the food we had been warming for our baby. Some cats are far too pushy. The next thing he'll want to do is write SF novels. I hope he does. None of them will sell.
    Philip K. Dick

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