| Main Entry: | cajole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to coax; flatter |
Synonyms: |
apple polish, argue into, banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up, butter up, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, get around, get next to, hand a line, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, lure, make up to, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil, play up to, push, rub the right way, seduce, snow*, soap, soft-soap, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
bully, force, repel |
| 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: | con |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, defraud |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, bilk, cajole, cheat, chicane, coax, double-cross, dupe, flimflam, fool, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, inveigle, mislead, rip off, rook, sweet-talk, swindle, trick, wheedle |
Antonyms: |
be forthright, be honest |
| Main Entry: | flatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment excessively |
Synonyms: |
adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up*, butter up, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, massage, oil, overpraise, play up to, praise, rub the right way, salve, sell, snow*, soft-soap, soften*, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, toady, wheedle, work on, work over |
Antonyms: |
belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, insult, offend |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | lobby |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press for political action |
Synonyms: |
advance, affect, alter, bill, billboard, boost, bring pressure to bear, build up, campaign for, change, drum, exert influence, further, hard sell, high pressure, hype*, induce, influence, make a pitch for, modify, persuade, pitch, plug, politick, press, pressure, procure, promote, pull strings, push, put pressure on, request, sell, sell on, soft-sell, soft-soap, solicit, solicit votes, splash, spot, sway, sweet-talk, thump, urge |
| Main Entry: | wheedle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk into |
Synonyms: |
banter, blandish, butter up, cajole, charm, coax, con, court, draw, entice, finagle, flatter, inveigle, kowtow, lay it on, oil, persuade, seduce, snow*, soap, soft-soap, soften up, spread it on, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, worm |
| Main Entry: | butter up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charm someone with flattery |
Synonyms: |
adulate, bootlick, brownnose, build up, cajole, flatter, inveigle, lay it on thick, massage, play up to, soften, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweet-talk, work on |
| Main Entry: | curry favor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | butter up |
Synonyms: |
back-scratch, bootlick, brownnose, cajole, court, dance attendance on, fall all over, fawn over, flatter, kiss up to, pay court to, suck up to, sweet-talk, toady to, win over |
| Main Entry: | apple-polish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fawn |
Synonyms: |
bootlick, brown-nose, butter up, curry favor, flatter, grovel, kiss someone's feet, kowtow, lick someone's boots, suck up to, sweet-talk, toady, truckle |