Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
intended or having the power to induce action or belief;
- Example: "persuasive eloquence"- Example: "a most persuasive speaker"- Example: "a persuasive argument"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Persuasive \Per*sua"sive\, a. [Cf. F. persuasif.]
Tending to persuade; having the power of persuading; as,
persuasive eloquence. "Persuasive words." --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
persuasive
adj 1: intended or having the power to induce action or belief;
"persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a
persuasive argument" [ant: dissuasive]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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