Dictionary Definition
pushy adj : marked by aggressive ambition and
energy and initiative; "an aggressive young exective"; "a pushful
insurance agent"; "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the
world" [syn: aggressive, enterprising, pushful, pushing] [also: pushiest, pushier]
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English
Adjective
- Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or determined.
- Parents are ruining school sports days by being pushy and overbearing, a survey suggests. BBC
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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