Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Tending or having the power to persuade: a persuasive argument.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having the power of persuading; tending to influence or win over the mind or will: as, persuasive eloquence; persuasive glances.
- Synonyms Cogent, weighty,winning, moving. See convince.
- n. That which persuades; an exhortation, incentive, or incitement.
Wiktionary
- adj. able to persuade; convincing
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading.
- n. That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an exhortation.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. intended or having the power to induce action or belief
Etymologies
- From Medieval Latin persuasivus, from Latin past participle stem of persuadere + -ivus (Wiktionary)
Examples
“For now, they say they're using what they call persuasive negotiation.”
“Now semi-retired, he teaches courses in persuasive communication in Brussels, Belgium.”
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“Op-eds are opinions, and are usually written in persuasive and explanatory language modes.”
“However, that phrase can be very useful in persuasive argument, and particularly where you are not sure about something but want to establish your good faith in the claim.”
“Whether or not voters find it persuasive is a different matter.”
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“What they said seems wise and persuasive, which is to say true.”
“Have you taken a course in persuasive speaking or something?”
“Seriously, why can't we make it our collective mission to cleverly encapsulate the truths of coastal restoration in persuasive ways that can "go viral"? ... throughout the blogosphere, the gmail-sphere, the youtubesphere, the twittersphere ...”
“It's quite common in persuasive use of language to see an adjective about a particular person (or persons) implicitly making a statement about a broader group.”
“No longer can the reader ask: “How expressive or how persuasive is this composition?” — instead, the reader must ask: “How surprising or how disturbing is this coincidence?””
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘persuasive’.
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Language
word, sentence, novel, book, novella, vignette, memoir, anthology, paragraph, stanza, poem, haiku and 123 more...
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Dominant/Submissive
abusive, adamant, autocratic, bossy, bullheaded, bumptious, certain, cock-a-hoop, cocksure, cocky, commanding, compelling and 189 more...
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SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
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Descriptive
The present, the future. Goals, wishes, hopes.
capricious, sericeous, sleek, flawless, charming, skilled, long-haired, versatile, beautiful, witty, fair, thin and 145 more...
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africasunsets's list
serendipity, fragrance, glamour, smitten, nourish, lavish, luxury, wicked, gem, daring, soothe, fantasy and 192 more...
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Words I have to learn
exasperate, felony, weld, fraud, worksheet, ransom, rehearse, preliminary, offshore, parole, infamous, sieve and 436 more...
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
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litigious semantics
ad unguem, abeyance, choleric, contentious, curmudgeonly, churlish, dictatorial, vindictive, dogmatic, truculent, mutinous, refractory and 254 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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New words, not to be confused with th...
maladroit, aphasia, delphinium, bromide, greenhorn, just deserts, loth, supplanted, steeplechase, steeple, annex, vestments and 236 more...
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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Words from 2009 'Inglourious Basterds' film.
guise, testify, trepidation, moniker, bestow, buffling, cunning, scamper, animosity, rodent, repulsive, dignity and 74 more...
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words prep
Difficult to understand,
clever
artful,
insidious.subtle, incredulous, credulous, gullible, disdainful, ostentatious, boastful, extol, inculcate, nonplussed, obfuscate, abject and 52 more...
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pariah, pulchritudinous, pugilistic, panties, pelt, penis, penitent, perjury, popery, papist, perfidious, pueblo and 45 more...
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2012-08-01
new words
mugging, line up, spare change, tampon, persuasive, one-off, harass, parting, stretch, tactic, unease, potential and 5 more...
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just vocab
courteous, sincere, confident, subordination, non-discriminary, knowledgeable, persuasive, inclined, overconfident, arrogant, presumptuous, goodwill and 29 more...
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Tickle My Ears!
Words used to describe one's voice.
low, high-pitched, deep, booming, lilting, whispery, hoarse, raspy, throaty, angelic, male, female and 38 more...
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