persuasive

B1 Topic:People & Society
US /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/
adj noun Freq #13478

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Good at making people agree or believe something; convincing.

    She made a persuasive argument for changing the policy.

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Synonyms
1 adj · good at making people agree... cogentconvincing
Word family
Forms persuasiveness

Etymology

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

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