| Main Entry: | coax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persuade |
Synonyms: |
allure, argue into, arm-twist, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, jawbone, lure, pester, plague, press, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, soothe, sweet-talk, talk into, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, work on, worm |
Antonyms: |
allow, not care |
| Main Entry: | elicit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw out |
Synonyms: |
arm-twist, badger, bite*, bring, bring forth, bring out, bring to light, call forth, cause, derive, educe, evince, evoke, evolve, exact, extort, extract, fetch, give rise to, milk, obtain, put muscle on, put the arm on, rattle, shake, shake down, squeeze, wrest, wring |
| Notes: | elicit means to call forth emotions, feelings, and responses or to bring out or draw out, while illicit means contrary to or forbidden by law - unlawful |
Antonyms: |
cover, hide, keep, repress, supress |
| Main Entry: | persuasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influencing to do, believe |
Synonyms: |
alignment, alluring, arm-twist, blandishment, brainwashing, cajolery, cogency, con*, conversion, enticement, exhortation, force, goose, hard sell, hook*, inducement, inveiglement, persuasiveness, potency, power, promote, pull*, seduction, sell*, snow job, soft soap, squeeze*, sweet talk, wheedling, winning over, working over |
Antonyms: |
discouragement, dissuasion, hindrance, prevention |
| Main Entry: | sweet-talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | coax |
Synonyms: |
allure, argue into, arm-twist, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get*, honey, hook*, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, jawbone, lure, pester, plague, press, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, soothe, talk into, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, work on, worm |
| Main Entry: | persuasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
attractive, disposed, fascinating, hortative, hortatory, impulsive, induced, inspired by, instinct with, inviting, motive, persuadable, persuasive, protreptic, protreptical, provocative, seductive, smitten with, spellbound, suasive, swasivious, tempting
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