Dictionary:
per·sua·sive (pər-swā'sĭv, -zĭv) ![]() |
Tending or having the power to persuade: a persuasive argument.
persuasively per·sua'sive·ly adv.persuasiveness per·sua'sive·ness n.
Dictionary:
per·sua·sive (pər-swā'sĭv, -zĭv) ![]() |
Tending or having the power to persuade: a persuasive argument.
persuasively per·sua'sive·ly adv.| Thesaurus: persuasive |
adjective
| Antonyms: persuasive |
Definition: effective, influential
Antonyms: dampening, discouraging, disheartening, dissuasive, ineffective, ineffectual, unconvincing, weak
| Word Tutor: persuasive |
To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful.
— Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965)
| WordNet: persuasive |
The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
tending or intended or having the power to induce action or belief
Antonym: dissuasive (meaning #1)
Meaning #2:
capable of convincing
| persuasory | |
| psychagogic | |
| swasivious |
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