What does persuasive mean?
Persuasive means Able to persuade; convincing..
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/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/ · adjective
Able to persuade; convincing..
But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.
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, […]
Use persuasive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Persuasive means Able to persuade; convincing..
Common synonyms include cogent, convincing, flexanimous, inducing.
Possible antonyms include dehortative, dehortatory, dehorting, dissuading.
But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.
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