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Antonyms for persuasive
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : per-swey-siv, -ziv |
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈsweɪ sɪv, -zɪv |
Definition of persuasive
Origin :- 1580s, from Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuasivus, from Latin persuas-, past participle stem of persuadere "persuade, convince" (see persuasion). Related: Persuasively; persuasiveness. Replaced earlier persuasible in this sense (see persuadable).
- adj effective, influential
- Persuasive is the voice of Vice, That spreads the insidious snare.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- "Don't you come now, dear," she advised him, in that persuasive voice of hers.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- "The only pattern of exactly its sort and color," said the persuasive voice of Pat.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- What makes these patients so persuasive is the fact that they are themselves persuaded.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- He was dignified and suave and gracious, also persuasive when he chose to be.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Georgie came, partly of his own volition, partly because of the persuasive tug at his ankle.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- It was endued with a personality feminine, insidious and persuasive.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- On the instant, however, I racked my brain for some persuasive argument.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- He remembered with pleasure how very eloquent and persuasive he had been.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- Some men tell us we must be patient and persuasive; that we must be womanly.
- Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
Synonyms for persuasive
- actuating
- alluring
- cogent
- compelling
- conclusive
- convictive
- convincing
- credible
- effectual
- efficacious
- efficient
- eloquent
- energetic
- enticing
- forceful
- forcible
- impelling
- impressive
- inducing
- inspiring
- inveigling
- logical
- luring
- moving
- plausible
- pointed
- potent
- powerful
- seductive
- slick
- smooth
- sound
- stimulating
- stringent
- strong
- swaying
- telling
- touching
- unctuous
- valid
- weighty
- wheedling
- winning
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