convincing
adjective /kənˈvɪn.sɪŋ/Definition
C1 able to make you believe that something is true or right: a convincing argument/explanation convincing evidence I didn't find the ending of the film very convincing.Believable a convincing win/victory › a victory in which the person or team that wins is much better than the person or team they are competing against: They won a convincing victory.Easiness and simplicityScoring, winning and losing in sportWinning and defeatingLosing and being defeatedWinning and defeatingScoring, winning and losing in sport convincingly /-li/ adverb › She spoke convincingly of the need for a more humane prison system.Urging and persuadingCausing somebody to actBelievable
(Definition of convincing adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a log idiom
- -friendly suffix
- at the push of a button idiom
- at the stroke of a pen idiom
- be (all) downhill idiom
- be child's play idiom
- elementary adjective
- facile adjective
- fail-safe adjective
- foolproof adjective
- open-and-shut adjective
- piece of cake idiom
- probs noun
- pushover noun
- sail through (sth) phrasal verb
- this is the life! idiom
- tractable adjective
- trivial adjective
- user-friendly adjective
- walk into sth phrasal verb
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