Chapter Perilous to Perverse of P by Soule's Synonymes

Persuasion, n.

1. Influence, inducement, incitement, suasion, bringing over.

2. Conviction, belief, opinion.

3. Conviction, creed, belief, doctrine, tenet, dogma, way of thinking, system of opinions.

Persuasive, a. Convincing, cogent, logical, valid, sound, weighty, inducing, persuasory.

Persuasive, n. Inducement, incitement, exhortation.

Pert, a.

1. Lively, brisk, smart, dapper, nimble, sprightly, perk.

2. Saucy, forward, bold, impertinent, impudent, flippant, free, presuming, malapert.

Pertain to.

1. Belong to, appertain to, be the property of.

2. Behoove, befit, beseem, be incumbent on, be the duty of, devolve on.

3. Regard, concern, relate to, refer to, answer to, have relation to.

Pertinacious, a.

1. Constant, steady, firm, determined, resolute, steadfast, stanch.

2. Stubborn, obstinate, dogged, wilful, mulish, unyielding, intractable, headstrong, perverse, wayward, inflexible.

Pertinaciousness, n. See Pertinacity.

Pertinacity, n.

1. Resolution, determination, steadiness, constancy, inflexibility, firmness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinacy, tenacity of purpose.

2. Stubbornness, obstinacy, wilfulness, doggedness, headiness, mulishness, persistence, persistency.

Pertinence, Pertinency, n. Fitness, appropriateness, relevancy, appositeness, suitableness, applicability, propriety, patness.