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| Main Entry: | persuade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to believe; convince to do |
| Synonyms: | actuate, advise, affect, allure, assure, blandish, brainwash*, bring around, cajole, coax, convert, counsel, draw, enlist, entice, exhort, get, impel, impress, incite, incline, induce, influence, inveigle, lead, move, prompt, proselyte, proselytize, reason, satisfy, seduce, sell, stroke, sway, touch, urge, wear down*, wheedle, woo, argue into, bring to senses, gain confidence of, lead to believe, lead to do, prevail upon, propagandize, talk into, turn on to, win argument, win over, work 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 |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade, hinder, prevent, repress, stop, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entice |
| Synonyms: | attract, bait, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, charm, coax, come on*, decoy, draw, enchant, entrap, fascinate, hook*, inveigle, lure, magnetize, persuade, pull, seduce, tempt, turn on*, wile, lead on, suck in, sweep off feet, win over |
| Antonyms: | deter, discourage, dissuade, prevent, repel, threaten, turn off, warn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to convince; present support |
| Synonyms: | appeal, assert, attest, claim, contend, controvert, defend, demonstrate, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, explain, hold, imply, indicate, justify, maintain, manifest, persuade, plead, present, reason, show, suggest, testify, vindicate, warrant, witness, prevail upon, talk into |
| Antonyms: | agree, comply |
| Main Entry: | assure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | convince, relieve doubt |
| Synonyms: | bag*, comfort, encourage, hearten, inspire, persuade, reassure, satisfy, sell*, soothe, bet on, sell on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | bring around |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | convince, induce |
| Synonyms: | argue, convert, draw, get, indoctrinate, persuade, prompt, prove, prevail upon, talk into, win over |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conclude, decide |
| Synonyms: | actuate, arbitrate, call the shots*, cinch, clinch, complete, dispose, drive, end, figure, finish, halt, impel, incline, induce, move, nail down*, opt, ordain, persuade, predispose, regulate, resolve, rule, settle, tap, terminate, ultimate, wind up*, wrap up*, fix upon, pin down, take a decision |
| Antonyms: | begin, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | enlighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain thoroughly; make aware |
| Synonyms: | acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, catechize, civilize, convert, counsel, direct, disclose, divulge, edify, educate, elucidate, guide, illuminate, illumine, imitate, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, instruct, persuade, preach, reveal, save, school, teach, tell, train, update, uplift, cause to understand, give faith, give the lowdown, give the word, illume, inspirit, let in on, open up, put on to |
| Antonyms: | bewilder, confound, confuse, delude, mislead, obscure, puzzle, be vague |
| Main Entry: | exhort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | urge, warn |
| Synonyms: | admonish, advise, beseech, bid, caution, counsel, egg on*, encourage, enjoin, entreat, goad, incite, insist, persuade, plead, preach, press, pressure, prick, prod, prompt, propel, spur, stimulate, call upon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | convince, induce |
| Synonyms: | beg, bring around, coax, compel, draw, influence, persuade, press, pressure, prompt, provoke, sway, urge, wheedle, argue into, prevail upon, talk into, win over |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
| Main Entry: | importune |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, insist |
| Synonyms: | appeal, ask, badger, beg, beseech, beset, besiege, con*, crave, egg on*, entreat, harass, hound*, implore, invoke, nag, persuade, pester, plague, plead, pray, press, sell, solicit, supplicate, urge, dun, goose*, work on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, provoke |
| Synonyms: | abet, activate, actuate, agitate, animate, arouse, coax, craze, drive, egg on*, encourage, excite, exhort, foment, force, forward, further, goad, impel, induce, inflame, influence, inspire, instigate, juice*, motivate, persuade, prick, promote, prompt, provoke, push, raise, rouse, set, solicit, spur, stimulate, taunt, trigger, urge, whip up*, work up*, fan the fire, get to*, inspirit, key up, psych, put up to, set off*, stir up, talk into |
| Antonyms: | delay, deter, discourage, prohibit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tend toward |
| Synonyms: | affect, bend, bias, drive, favor, govern, impel, induce, influence, look, move, persuade, predispose, prefer, prejudice, prompt, sway, turn, verge, be disposed, be partial, be predisposed, be willing, gravitate toward, lean to, make willing, not mind |
| Main Entry: | induce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to happen; encourage |
| Synonyms: | abet, activate, actuate, argue into, breed, bring about, bring around, bulldoze*, cajole, cause, coax, convince, draw, draw in, effect, engender, generate, get up, get*, give rise to, goose*, impel, incite, influence, instigate, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, press, prevail upon, procure, produce, promote, prompt, sell one on, set in motion, soft-soap, squeeze, steamroll, suck in, sway, sweet-talk, talk into*, twist one's arm, urge, wheedle, win over* |
| Antonyms: | discourage, halt, hinder, prevent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | influence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lead to believe, do |
| Synonyms: | affect, alter, arouse, bias, brainwash*, bribe, bring to bear, carry weight, change, channel, compel, control, count, determine, direct, dispose, form, get at*, guide, impel, impress, incite, incline, induce, instigate, manipulate, modify, mold, move, persuade, predispose, prejudice, prevail, prompt, regulate, rouse, rule, seduce, sell, shape, snow*, sway, train, turn, urge, act upon, argue into, be recognized, have a part in, impact on, pull strings, talk into, work upon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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