Synonyms for persuasive
- adjective
Most common
compelling convincing eloquent weighty valid influential forcible hortatory
All synonyms
Adjective
convincing, compelling, eloquent, strong, weighty, influential, telling, valid, moving, forcible, hortatory, hortative, persuasory, persuasible, potent, conclusive, cogent dated, persuading dated, suasory dated, inducing dated rare, persuadable dated, flexanimous rare, inducive dated rare, psychagogic rare, suasorian dated rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Able to persuade; convincing.
Related words
- Other spellings
- purrsuasive
Example sentences
- compelling Fashion is a compelling subject for documentaries.
- convincing It'd be a lot more convincing if it came from you.
- eloquent Cicero was the most eloquent of the Roman orators.
- valid Is it valid to say that all men are created equal?
- influential He's very influential in Kansai's adult industry.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| persuasive | steady | |
| compelling | rising | |
| convincing | steady | |
| eloquent | steady | |
| weighty | steady | |
| valid | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- valid2
- 6 letters
- strong1, moving2, potent2, cogent2
- 7 letters
- telling2, weighty2, suasory
- 8 letters
- inducing3, eloquent3, forcible3, inducive
- 9 letters
- hortatory, hortative, suasorian
- 10 letters
- convincing3, compelling3, conclusive3, persuading3, persuasory
- 11 letters
- influential4, persuadable4, persuasible, flexanimous, psychagogic
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (valid2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- persuasif
- Italiano
- persuasivo
- Español
- persuasivo
- Deutsch
- überzeugend