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adjective
actuating, arousing, authoritative, coaxing, cogent, compelling, convictive, convincing, credible, effective, eloquent, forceful, hortative, hortatory, impelling, impressive, inductive, influential, inspiring, inviting, logical, moving, persuasory, plausible, pointed, potent, powerful, propagandistic, provocative, provoking, rousing, sound, strong, suasive, subornative, swaying, telling, tempting, tenable, touching, valid, weighty
associated concepts: persuasive arguments, persuasive authority, persuasive legal testimony
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believable, cogent, colorable (plausible), convincing, determinative, eloquent, hortative, prevailing (having superior force), provocative, sound, specious, strong
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Persuasive — Per*sua sive, a. [Cf. F. persuasif.] Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as, persuasive eloquence. Persuasive words. Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Persuasive — Per*sua sive, n. That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation. {Per*sua sive*ly}, adv. {Per*sua sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
persuasive — 1580s, from M.L. persuasivus, from L. persuas , pp. stem of persuadere (see PERSUASION (Cf. persuasion)). Related: Persuasively; persuasiveness … Etymology dictionary
persuasive — [adj] effective, influential actuating, alluring, cogent, compelling, conclusive, convictive, convincing, credible, effectual, efficacious, efficient, eloquent, energetic, enticing, forceful, forcible, impelling, impressive, inducing, inspiring,… … New thesaurus
persuasive — oraison … Thresor de la langue françoyse
persuasive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) good at persuading someone to do or believe something. 2) providing sound reasoning or argument. DERIVATIVES persuasively adverb persuasiveness noun … English terms dictionary
persuasive — [pər swā′siv] adj. [Fr persuasif < ML persuasivus < L persuasus, pp. of persuadere] having the power, or tending, to persuade persuasively adv. persuasiveness n … English World dictionary
persuasive — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem, sound ▪ Her arguments proved persuasive to the court judges. ▪ find sth ▪ make sth … Collocations dictionary
persuasive — [[t]pə(r)swe͟ɪsɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is persuasive is likely to persuade a person to believe or do a particular thing. What do you think were some of the more persuasive arguments on the other side?... I can be very… … English dictionary
persuasive — ● persuasif, persuasive adjectif (bas latin persuasivus) Qui a le pouvoir de persuader : Une plaidoirie persuasive. ● persuasif, persuasive (synonymes) adjectif (bas latin persuasivus) Qui a le pouvoir de persuader Synonymes … Encyclopédie Universelle