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- Dictionarypersuasive/pəˈsweɪsɪv/
adjective
- 1. good at persuading someone to do or believe something through reasoning or the use of temptation: "an informative and persuasive speech"
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making you want to do or believe a particular thing: a persuasive speaker / speech. Your arguments are very persuasive. He can be very persuasive. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Urging & persuading. ambulance-chasing. argumentation. badger. be/go on at someone idiom. blagger. get (something) through (to someone) go on. hortatory.
forceful. satisfying. strong. telling. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of persuasive in a Sentence. We weren't shown any persuasive evidence that he had committed the crime. a persuasive argument for increasing funding of the city's library system.
intended or having the power to induce action or belief. “ persuasive eloquence”. “a most persuasive speaker”. “a persuasive argument”. synonyms: convincing. causing one to believe the truth of something. coaxing, ingratiatory. pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade.
PERSUASIVE meaning: 1. making you want to do or believe a particular thing: 2. making you want to do or believe a…. Learn more.
Persuasive definition: able, fitted, or intended to persuade. See examples of PERSUASIVE used in a sentence.
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 persuasive when I want to be. Michael Grade's persuasive powers overcame their objections.
Definition of persuasive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
What does the word persuasive mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word persuasive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word persuasive? About 6 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the word persuasive pronounced?
adjective. uk / pəˈsweɪsɪv / us. Add to word list. able to make people agree to do something: It's a very persuasive argument. persuasively. adverb. (Definition of persuasive from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of persuasive. in Chinese (Traditional) 有說服力的，令人信服的… See more. in Chinese (Simplified)
persuasive - intended or having the power to induce action or belief; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument". convincing - causing one to believe the truth of something; "a convincing story"; "a convincing manner".
