Persuasive

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Persuasive \Per*sua"sive\, a. [Cf. F. persuasif.]
     Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as,
     persuasive eloquence. "Persuasive words." --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Persuasive \Per*sua"sive\, n.
     That which persuades; an inducement; an incitement; an
     exhortation. -- {Per*sua"sive*ly}, adv. --
     {Per*sua"sive*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  persuasive
       adj 1: tending or intended or having the power to induce action or
              belief; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive
              speaker" [ant: {dissuasive}]
       2: capable of convincing; "a persuasive argument"; "the
          evidence is persuasive but not conclusive"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "persuasive":
     absolute, assuring, authoritative, bait, bribe, cajoling, carrot,
     charismatic, charming, cogent, compelling, conclusive,
     consequential, convictional, convincing, decisive, determinative,
     dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, enchanting,
     encouragement, estimable, exhortative, exhortatory, fillip,
     forceful, hortative, hortatory, important, impressive, incentive,
     incitement, inducement, influential, interest, invitation, lure,
     magnetic, momentous, payment, percentage, personable, persuading,
     potent, powerful, prestigious, productive, profit, provocation,
     reputable, reward, satisfactory, satisfying, stimulation,
     stimulative, stimulus, strong, suasive, substantial, sweetener,
     sweetening, telling, valid, weighty, wheedling, whet, winning