pushy

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

push=y

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective pushy has 1 sense

pushy(s = adj.all) pushful - marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young executive"; "a pushful insurance agent"

Derived forms noun push₃, noun pushiness₁

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pushy, adj. (pushier, pushiest) colloq.
1 excessively or unpleasantly self-assertive.
2 selfishly determined to succeed.

Derivative

pushily adv. pushiness n.

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THESAURUS

pushy

adventuresome, adventurous, aggressive, ambitious, arrogant, assertive, audacious, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, busy, busybody, cheeky, cocky, cold, controlled, contumelious, cool, disdainful, driving, dynamic, enterprising, familiar, firm-minded, forceful, forward, go-ahead, hubristic, hustling, impertinent, importunate, independent, inquisitive, insolent, insulting, loud, meddlesome, meddling, militant, nosy, obnoxious, obtrusive, offensive, officious, overpresumptuous, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, prying, pushful, pushing, self-appointed, self-asserting, self-assertive, self-controlled, self-expressive, self-possessed, self-restrained, showy, snoopy, strong-minded, strong-willed, up-and-coming, uppish, uppity, venturesome, venturous

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