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persuasive Definition

per·sua·sive (pər swā′siv)

adjective

having the power, or tending, to persuade

Etymology: Fr persuasif < ML persuasivus < L persuasus, pp. of persuadere

persuasive Related Forms
per·sua′·sively adverb per·sua′·sive·ness noun
persuasive Synonyms

persuasive

modif.

convincing, alluring, plausible, luring, seductive, wheedling, influential, winning, enticing, impelling, moving, actuating, inspiriting, efficient, efficacious, effectual, compelling, touching, forceful, potent, powerful, swaying, cogent, pointed, strong, energetic, forcible, inveigling; see also effective, stimulating.

persuasive Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • find: I went to the session and found the presentation quite persuasive.

Modifies a noun

  • monolog: These features can be employed to frame the objective for an artificial system which is to generate persuasive monolog.
  • argument: I haven't yet heard a persuasive argument for why these flights can't get in two hours later.
  • communicator: A lively and persuasive communicator, you'll always put the needs of the customer first.
  • eloquence: It brings wealth if it is worn chastely; it endows you with persuasive eloquence if it is worn on the neck.
  • brown: Account deductions or persuasive brown whose can be extended term the governor.
  • rationale: Market research statistics will usually play a key role in illustrating the potential of the product along with persuasive rationales from the Sales team.

Modifying Another Word

  • powerfully: The good news is that you can learn to be more powerfully persuasive.
  • gently: Remember the fable of the Sun and the Wind and be gently persuasive.
  • equally: The high quality and satisfaction of Pennine tenants was equally persuasive.
  • highly: The case for the Lord Chancellor to set a figure below 3 % is highly persuasive.
  • extremely: Richard has obviously been extremely persuasive asking officers to donate their uniforms to the museum.
  • pretty: He has, I think, pretty persuasive arguments against both these extremes.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: But there is one piece of evidence that at first glance seems persuasive.
  • prove: Buying in a group has also proved persuasive to reduce prices.
  • find: The second origin, which I find more persuasive is it comes from the Czech word Tabor meaning camp.
  • sound: They will sound persuasive with their talk of " keeping the right people on board " .
  • become: And although Beale recognizes that much may be speculative, by the end the cumulative argument becomes very persuasive.

Preposition: in

  • case: Which category or combined set of categories is most persuasive in the Scottish case?

Preposition: than

  • other: Inevitably, in a book which deals with more than two dozen plays, some readings are more persuasive than others.