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Synonyms for persuasive
pərˈsweɪ sɪv, -zɪvper·sua·sive

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. persuasiveadjective

    intended or having the power to induce action or belief

    "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument"

    Antonyms:
    cautionary, discouraging, monitory, warning(a), exemplary, admonitory, dissuasive

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. persuasiveadjective

    Synonyms:
    convincing, cogent, logical, valid, sound, weighty

  2. persuasivenoun

    Synonyms:
    inducement, incitement

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  1. persuasiveadjective

    Synonyms:
    persuasory

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "persuasive":

    convincing, compelling, cogent, persuasion, conclusive, unconvincing

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#14224convincing
#19283persuasion
#21552persuasive
#26722conclusive
#42333cogent
#74245unconvincing

How to use persuasive in a sentence?

  1. Nancy Pelosi:

    If the facts are persuasive to the American people, they may be to some Republicans.

  2. Ralph Regenvanu:

    We hope that the highest court in the world, the International Court of Justice, will hand down an opinion that will be greatly persuasive in terms of increasing domestic action and identifying what gaps in international law and domestic law that need to be filled, this will be the first time that this organ of the UN will actually have to address the climate crisis, and the legal obligations of states in that regard, so it is quite historic.

  3. Angela Carter:

    There's a theory, one I find persuasive, that the quest for knowledge is, at bottom, the search for the answer to the question: Where was I before I was born. In the beginning was what? Perhaps, in the beginning, there was a curious room, a room like this one, crammed with wonders; and now the room and all it contains are forbidden you, although it was made just for you, had been prepared for you since time began, and you will spend all your life trying to remember it.

  4. Kamaldeep Singh Dhanjal:

    Be a forgiver creature not a revenge taker because contentness from forgiving someone is more persuasive than hatred.

  5. Christie Peters:

    The class was working on persuasive writing, and they wrote pieces as if they were speaking on behalf of the shelter dog trying to get adopted, i said, ‘That’s the coolest idea ... let’s do it.


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