Synonyms for persuasive
pərˈsweɪ sɪv, -zɪvper·sua·sive

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1. persuasiveadjective

   intended or having the power to induce action or belief

   "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument"

   Antonyms:
   cautionary, discouraging, monitory, warning(a), exemplary, admonitory, dissuasive

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1. persuasiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   convincing, cogent, logical, valid, sound, weighty

2. persuasivenoun

   Synonyms:
   inducement, incitement

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1. persuasiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   persuasory

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1. List of paraphrases for "persuasive":

   convincing, compelling, cogent, persuasion, conclusive, unconvincing

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1. Jeff Melvoin:

   I've been over what I'm supposed to say and I've got to tell you, it's pretty persuasive stuff, but is it the whole truth It's a slice of truth, a morsel, a fraction. It's a piece of the pie, certainly not the whole enchilada, and now that I've been thinking about it, I don't think I could tell the whole truth about anything. That's a pretty heavy burden, because we all just view the world through this little piece of coke bottle. Is there such a thing as objective truth I wonder.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   I was on the way to winning until a combination of Jim Comey's letter on October 28 and Russian WikiLeaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me and got scared off. And the evidence for that intervening event is I think compelling, persuasive and so we overcame a lot in the campaign.

3. Edward R. Murrow:

   To be persuasive, we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible, we must be truthful.

4. Angela Carter:

   There's a theory, one I find persuasive, that the quest for knowledge is, at bottom, the search for the answer to the question: Where was I before I was born. In the beginning was what? Perhaps, in the beginning, there was a curious room, a room like this one, crammed with wonders; and now the room and all it contains are forbidden you, although it was made just for you, had been prepared for you since time began, and you will spend all your life trying to remember it.

5. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention. But it has no persuasive value at all.