persuasive

From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.

• IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/

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persuasive (comparative more persuasive, superlative most persuasive)

1. Able to persuade; convincing.

   Synonyms: convincing, (obsolete) flexanimous, inducing, (rare) inducive, (obsolete, rare) inductious, (obsolete, rare) persuadable, persuading, (now rare) persuasible, (obsolete) pleaful, psychagogic, (rare) psychagogical, (rare) suading, (obsolete, rare) suasorian, (now rare) suasory

   Antonyms: dehortative, dehortatory, dehorting, dissuading, dissuasive, (obsolete) retractive, unconvincing, unpersuasive

   • 2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 55:

     But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.

persuasive (plural persuasives)

1. That which persuades; incitement.
   • 1839, George Robert Gleig, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary: Visited in 1837, volume 1, page 68:

     He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]

• “persuasive”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “persuasive”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.sɥa.ziv/

persuasive

1. feminine singular of persuasif

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persuasive

1. inflection of persuasiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

persuasive

1. feminine plural of persuasivo