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persuasive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/

Etymology

From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.

Meanings

  1. Able to persuade; convincing.
    • But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons. 2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 55:

Forms

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more persuasive Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most persuasive Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

dissuading · dehorting · retractive · dehortative · dissuasive · unpersuasive · unconvincing · dehortatory

Deriveds

purrsuasive · persuasiveness · ultrapersuasive · persuasively · nonpersuasive · counterpersuasive · prepersuasive · persuasive precedent

Synonyms

cogent · pleaful · flexanimous · persuadable · inductious · suasorian · inducing · persuasible · persuading · psychagogic · suasory · psychagogical · convincing · suading · inducive · forcible

Translations (43)

cmn 有說服力的 /有说服力的 (convincing) · sh persuazivan (convincing) · pt persuasível (convincing) · de Überredungs- (convincing) · az qaneedici (convincing) · ar مُقْنِع (convincing) · es suasorio (convincing) · grc πειστικός (convincing) · sh uvjerljiv (convincing) · es persuasor (convincing) · cs přesvědčivý (convincing) · gl persuasivo (convincing) · fr persuasif (convincing) · es persuasorio (convincing) · la suāsōrius (convincing) · bg убедителен (convincing) · grc πειθός (convincing) · fi vakuuttava (convincing) · el πειστικός (convincing) · es convincente (convincing) · es persuasivo (convincing) · az inandırıcı (convincing) · grc πιθανός (convincing) · ro persuasiv (convincing) · gl persuasor (convincing) · de überzeugend (convincing) · pt persuasório (convincing) · az tutarlı (convincing) · az sübutlu (convincing) · xal эвлүн (convincing) · fi suostutteleva (convincing) · az əsaslı (convincing) · ru убеди́тельный (convincing) · sv övertygande (convincing) · pl przekonywający (convincing) · hy համոզիչ (convincing) · pl przekonujący (convincing) · ca persuasiu (convincing) · pt persuasivo (convincing) · fr convaincant (convincing) · pt convincente (convincing) · ro convingător (convincing) · eo persvada (convincing)

persuasive en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/

Etymology

From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.

Meanings

  1. That which persuades; incitement.
    • He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […] 1839, George Robert Gleig, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary: Visited in 1837, volume 1, page 68:

Forms

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persuasives Number=Plur lexicographic