That would be twenty-seven words instead of four, and while the bare message of the longer statement would be understood, the persuasive force would be lost.
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Persuasive
//pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv//
Synonyms for "persuasive" (94 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (47)
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Antonyms
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
14 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- πειθός adj (convincing)
- πειστικός adj (convincing)
- πιθανός adj (convincing)
Arabic
1 entries- مُقْنِع adj (convincing)
Armenian
1 entries- համոզիչ adj (convincing)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- inandırıcı adj (convincing)
- qaneedici adj (convincing)
- sübutlu adj (convincing)
- tutarlı adj (convincing)
Bulgarian
1 entries- убедителен adj (convincing)
Catalan
1 entries- persuasiu adj (convincing)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 有說服力的 /有说服力的 adj (convincing)
Czech
1 entries- přesvědčivý adj (convincing)
Esperanto
1 entries- persvada adj (convincing)
Finnish
2 entries- suostutteleva adj (convincing)
- vakuuttava adj (convincing)
French
2 entries- convaincant adj (convincing)
- persuasif adj (convincing)
Galician
2 entries- persuasivo adj (convincing)
- persuasor adj (convincing)
German
2 entries- Überredungs adj (convincing)
- überzeugend adj (convincing)
Greek
1 entries- πειστικός adj (convincing)
Kalmyk
1 entries- эвлүн adj (convincing)
Latin
1 entries- suāsōrius adj (convincing)
Polish
2 entries- przekonujący adj (convincing)
- przekonywający adj (convincing)
Portuguese
4 entries- convincente adj (convincing)
- persuasivo adj (convincing)
- persuasível adj (convincing)
- persuasório adj (convincing)
Romanian
2 entries- convingător adj (convincing)
- persuasiv adj (convincing)
Russian
1 entries- убеди́тельный adj (convincing)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- persuazivan adj (convincing)
- uvjerljiv adj (convincing)
Spanish
4 entries- convincente adj (convincing)
- persuasivo adj (convincing)
- persuasor adj (convincing)
- persuasorio adj (convincing)
Swedish
1 entries- övertygande adj (convincing)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Those four words carried not only a lot of complex information, but also the persuasive force of a proverb.
Source: tatoeba (61419)
The weak point of this book is that it's less than persuasive when the married author recommends not being married.
Source: tatoeba (329536)
Truthful speech is not elegant, and elegant speech is not truthful. Good words are not persuasive, and persuasive words are not good. The knowledgeable are not many, and the many are not knowledgeable.
Source: tatoeba (722886)
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