convincing

Academic Word List, sublist 10.

About 7.59 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Effective as proof or evidence.

   Our convincing evidence was sufficient in the end to win the trial.

2. verb present participle and gerund of convince
3. noun The process by which somebody is convinced.

Similar words

persuasive credible plausible conclusive disenchanting disillusioning persuading persuasion persuade positive

Often followed by

evidence the proof and to argument than as in

Word family

convince convinced convinces convincingly convincingness convincingnesses