persuasive B1 Topic:People & Society US /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #13478 Meanings 1 adj Good at making people agree or believe something; convincing. She made a persuasive argument for changing the policy. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · good at making people agree... cogentconvincing Word family Forms persuasiveness Common collocations persuasive eloquence Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus. *sweh₂d- Proto-Indo-European persuasif Middle French persuāsīvus la-med View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # persuasive **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/ **Frequency rank:** 13478 ## Meanings 1. Good at making people agree or believe something; convincing. ## Examples - She made a persuasive argument for changing the policy. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *sweh₂d- - Root: persuasif - Root: persuāsīvus ## Etymology From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus. ## AI Etymology Persuasive comes from Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus. The historical chain includes *sweh₂d- (Proto-Indo-European), persuasif (Middle French), persuāsīvus (la-med). In present-day English it covers good at making people agree or believe something; convincing. ## Topics - People & Society markdown