convincing

[kuhn-vin-sing] / kənˈvɪn sɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

persuasive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

authentic cogent conclusive credible impressive plausible powerful probable reasonable reliable satisfactory satisfying solid telling trustworthy

STRONG

moving sound swaying

WEAK

acceptable believeable dependable faithful hopeful incontrovertible likely possible presumable rational trusty valid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

implausible impotent improbable ineffective insignificant unbelievable undependable unimportant unlikely unreasonable unreliable untrustworthy weak

WEAK

doubtful dubious incredible unconvincing unpersuasive

Example Sentences

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Sabalenka had looked on course for a more convincing win when she broke in the very first game and raced through the first set.

From BBC

The film may not propose a solution to any of our maladies, but it’s a bitterly convincing diagnosis.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fortunately, thus far, many of these videos, whether they exploit the living, resurrect the dead or just make stuff up are … less than convincing.

From Los Angeles Times

Or, as Naomi Fry of the New Yorker put it, Love Story is an “entirely convincing visual album, a lookbook of what it was like to be in New York in the ’90s.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Steinmeier, a former foreign minister, said: "Our foreign policy does not become any more convincing simply because we do not call a breach of international law a breach of international law."

From Barron's

convincing

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