persuasive
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- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 10
/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪsɪv/
Definition of persuasive
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Able to persuade; convincing.
“But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.”
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adj
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Able to persuade; convincing.
“But I'm pretty persuasive, and I've learned how elected officials think. I know how to press their buttons.”
noun
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That which persuades; incitement.
“He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]”
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Etymology
From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persuāsīvus, from Latin past participle stem of persuādēre + -īvus.
Words you can make from persuasive
200+ playable · top: ASPERSIVE (14 pts)
Best play aspersive 14 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
4 words7-letter words
35 words- PARVISE 12 pts
- PASSIVE 12 pts
- PAVISER 12 pts
- PAVISES 12 pts
- PAVISSE 12 pts
- PEAVIES 12 pts
- PREVISE 12 pts
- PREVUES 12 pts
- REPAVES 12 pts
- SPAVIES 12 pts
- VESPERS 12 pts
- REVISES 10 pts
- SUASIVE 10 pts
- VARUSES 10 pts
- VIRUSES 10 pts
- APERIES 9 pts
- ASPERSE 9 pts
- ASPIRES 9 pts
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- PARESIS 9 pts
- PARISES 9 pts
- PAUSERS 9 pts
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- PRAISES 9 pts
- PUSSIER 9 pts
- SERAPES 9 pts
- SPIREAS 9 pts
- SUSPIRE 9 pts
- UPRAISE 9 pts
- UPRISES 9 pts
- REISSUE 7 pts
- RESEAUS 7 pts
- SAURIES 7 pts
- SEISURE 7 pts
- UREASES 7 pts
6-letter words
84 words- PAREVE 11 pts
- PARVIS 11 pts
- PAVERS 11 pts
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- PREVUE 11 pts
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5-letter words
75 words- PARVE 10 pts
- PAVER 10 pts
- PAVES 10 pts
- PAVIS 10 pts
- PERVS 10 pts
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- RISES 5 pts
- RISUS 5 pts
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