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perswasive

perswasive is the obsolete spelling of persuasive.

Meaning of persuasive

Adjective

persuasive (comparative more persuasive, superlative most persuasive)

  1. Able to persuade; convincing.
    • But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 55

See all 2 meanings of persuasive

Forms of perswasive

comparativemore perswasive
superlativemost perswasive

Questions about perswasive

What is perswasive the obsolete spelling of?
Perswasive is the obsolete spelling of persuasive.

Words near perswasive in the dictionary

  1. perswade
  2. perswaded
  3. perswades
  4. perswading
  5. perswasion
  6. perswasive
  7. persymmetric
  8. persymmetrical
  9. persymmetry
  10. pert
  11. pert as a pearmonger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perswasive (page history and authors); persuasive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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