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convinced - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | convinced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | converted |
| Synonyms: | indoctrinated, persuaded, talked into something |
| Main Entry: | convince |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gain the confidence of |
| Synonyms: | argue into, assure, brainwash, bring around, bring home to, bring to reason, change, demonstrate, draw, effect, establish, get, hook*, induce, make a believer, overcome, persuade, prevail upon, prompt, prove, put across, refute, satisfy, sell one on, sell*, sway, talk into, turn, twist one's arm, win over |
| Notes: | you convince someone to believe - but persuade someone to act to persuade is to get someone to do something; to convince is to get someone to think something |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | die-hard |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncompromising |
| Synonyms: | conservative, convinced, dyed-in-the-wool*, extremist, firm, immovable, inflexible, intransigent, orthodox, reactionary, right, Philistine, Tory, fogyish, old-line, standpat, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unreconstructed |
| Antonyms: | flexible, compromising, conceding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obstinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn, determined |
| Synonyms: | adamant, cantankerous, contradictory, contrary, contumacious, convinced, dogged, dogmatic, firm, hard, hardened, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, mulish*, obdurate, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded*, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, restive, steadfast, tenacious, unalterable, unflinching, unmanageable, unyielding, willful, dead set on, locked in, opinionative, resolved, self-willed, strong-minded |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, amenable, cooperative, flexible, helpful, submissive, willing, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | believing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trusting |
| Synonyms: | assuming, certain, convinced, positive, presuming, sure, accepting, having faith, having faith, undoubting |
| Antonyms: | disbelieving, doubtful, doubting, uncertain, unsure, mistrustful, untrusting |
| Main Entry: | minded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disposed |
| Synonyms: | convinced, decided, desirous, determined, disposed, inclined, liking, planning, willing, aiming at, aspiring to, contemplating, intending, leaning toward, purposing, resolved, settled on, thinking of |
| Antonyms: | disinclined, undetermined, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | satisfied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | content |
| Synonyms: | certain, contented, convinced, filled, fulfilled, happy, paid, positive, supplied, appeased, compensated, gratified, quenched, requited, sated, satiated |
| Main Entry: | certain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confident |
| Synonyms: | assertive, assured, believing, calm, cocksure, convinced, positive, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-confident, sure, unconcerned, undisturbed, unperturbed, untroubled, questionless, undoubtful, undoubting |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, doubting, hesitant, uncertain, unsure, unconfident |
| Main Entry: | confident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, assured |
| Synonyms: | bold, brave, cocksure, convinced, courageous, dauntless, depending on, expectant, expecting, fearless, high*, hopeful, intrepid, positive, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-assured, self-reliant, self-sufficient, sure, trusting, unafraid, undaunted, upbeat, uppity*, valiant, bet on, counting on, having faith in, puffed up, racked |
| Antonyms: | uncertain, unsure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | positive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite, certain |
| Synonyms: | absolute, actual, affirmative, assured, categorical, clear, clear-cut, cocksure*, cold*, complete, conclusive, concrete, confident, consummate, convinced, decided, decisive, direct, downright, explicit, express, factual, firm, forceful, forcible, genuine, hard, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, out-and-out*, outright, perfect, rank, real, specific, sure, thorough, thoroughgoing, unambiguous, undeniable, unequivocal, unmistakable, unmitigated, inarguable, incontestable |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, indefinite, negative, uncertain, unsure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, definite |
| Synonyms: | abiding, assured, changeless, clear, confident, constant, convinced, convincing, decided, doubtless, enduring, firm, fixed, genuine, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, persuaded, positive, real, satisfied, set, steadfast, steady, telling, unchangeable, unchanging, uncompromising, undeniable, unequivocal, unfailing, unfaltering, unqualified, unquestionable, unshakable, unshaken, unvarying, unwavering, valid, for a fact, free from doubt, incontestable, never-failing, unquestioning |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, dubious, indefinite, uncertain, unsure, variable, wavering |
| Main Entry: | induced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | persuaded |
| Synonyms: | convinced, cajoled, lured |
| Main Entry: | definite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed, certain, positive |
| Synonyms: | assured, convinced, decided, determined, established, guaranteed, limited, narrow, precise, prescribed, restricted, set, settled, sure, assigned, beyond doubt, circumscribed, defined, determinate |
| Antonyms: | indeterminate, inexact, uncertain, unlimited, vague, unfixed |
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | absolute, confirmed, convinced, decided, definite, positive, satisfied, sure, resolved |
| Antonyms: | uncertain, unclear, unintelligible |
| Main Entry: | brainwash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force to believe or do things |
| Synonyms: | alter, catechize, condition, convert, convince, educate, indoctrinate, influence, instill, persuade, proselytize, teach |
| Main Entry: | bring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause; influence |
| Synonyms: | begin, compel, convert, convince, create, dispose, effect, engender, force, induce, inflict, lead, make, move, occasion, persuade, prevail on, produce, prompt, sway, wreak, contribute to, prevail upon, result in |
| Antonyms: | avoid, back out, desist, hold back, give up, pass up |
| Main Entry: | budge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dislodge from staid position |
| Synonyms: | bend, change, convince, inch, influence, move, persuade, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir, sway, yield, change position, give way, locomote |
| Main Entry: | convert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change belief, especially regarding religion |
| Synonyms: | actuate, baptize, bend, bias, brainwash, bring, bring around, budge, change of heart, convince, impel, incline, lead, move, persuade, proselyte, proselytize, redeem, reform, regenerate, save, sway, turn, alter conviction, assimilate to, be born again, cause to adopt, change into, create anew, lead to believe, make over, see the light |
| Antonyms: | hold, remain |
| Main Entry: | disarm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persuade |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, bewitch, captivate, charm, coax, convince, enchant, fascinate, seduce, urge, set at ease, unarm, win over |
| Main Entry: | draw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | allure, influence |
| Synonyms: | attract, bewitch, bring around, captivate, charm, convince, elicit, enchant, engage, entice, evoke, fascinate, get, induce, invite, lure, magnetize, persuade, prompt, take, wile, argue into, bring forth, call forth, win over |
| Antonyms: | alienate, estrange, rebuff, reject, repel, repulse, turn off, push away |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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