Synonyms for persuade
pərˈsweɪd

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. carry, persuade, sway(verb)

   win approval or support for

   "Carry all before one"; "His speech did not sway the voters"

   Synonyms:
   rock, express, channel, post, transport, pack, convey, sway, swing, acquit, hold, deport, impart, gestate, expect, dribble, shake, extend, run, have a bun in the oven, transmit, take, carry, stock, conduct, comport, bear, behave, stockpile, contain

   Antonyms:
   dissuade, deter

2. persuade(verb)

   cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm

   "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"

   Synonyms:
   carry, sway

   Antonyms:
   deter, dissuade

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1. persuade(verb)

   Synonyms:
   convince

   Antonyms:
   dissuade

2. persuade(verb)

   To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.

   That salesman was able to persuade me into buying this bottle of lotion.

   Synonyms:
   convince

   Antonyms:
   dissuade

3. persuade(verb)

   To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).

   Synonyms:
   convince

   Antonyms:
   dissuade

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. persuade

   Of these words convince alone has no direct reference to moving the will, denoting an effect upon the understanding only; one may be convinced of his duty without doing it, or he may be convinced of truth that has no manifest connection with duty or action, as of a mathematical proposition. To persuade is to bring the will of another to a desired decision by some influence exerted upon it short of compulsion; one may be convinced that the earth is round; he may be persuaded to travel round it; but persuasion is so largely dependent upon conviction that it is commonly held to be the orator's work first to convince in order that he may persuade. Coax is a slighter word than persuade, seeking the same end by shallower methods, largely by appeal to personal feeling, with or without success; as, a child coaxes a parent to buy him a toy. One may be brought over, induced, or prevailed upon by means not properly included in persuasion, as by bribery or intimidation; he is won over chiefly by personal influence. Compare INFLUENCE.

   Synonyms:
   allure, bring over, coax, convince, dispose, entice, impel, incite, incline, induce, influence, lead, move, prevail on, prevail upon, urge, win over

   Antonyms:
   deter, discourage, dissuade, hinder, hold back, repel, restrain

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. persuade

   Synonyms:
   induce, influence, incline, convince, dispose, urge, allure, incite

   Antonyms:
   deter, disincline, indispose, mispersuade, misinduce, coerce, compel

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. persuade(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   induce, influence, lead, incite, impel, actuate, set on, prevail upon, bring over, win over, bring round

2. persuade(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   convince, satisfy by proof or evidence

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   convince, convincea, convincing, lobby

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