persuasive.

Able to make someone accept a claim or consider taking a particular action.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• persuasive argument
• persuasive evidence

On the page

The most persuasive section compared outcomes under the same conditions.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Comparative more persuasive; superlative most persuasive when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: claim, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common.