persuade
verb
per·suade pər-ˈswād 
persuaded; persuading
transitive verb
1
: to move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action
2
: to plead with : urge
persuader noun
Synonyms
- argue
- bring
- bring around
- convert
- convince
- gain
- get
- induce
- move
- prevail (on or upon)
- satisfy
- talk (into)
- win (over)
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
He persuaded his friend to go back to school. She couldn't be persuaded to go. He would not let himself be persuaded into buying the more expensive stereo. I am not easily persuaded. They persuaded us that we were wrong. He persuaded himself that he had made the right choice. See More
Recent Examples on the Web But Murray and Korn, who received copies of the report in April 2021, were able to persuade judges to remove a few paragraphs and delay its release for 16 months. 
Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022 A decade ago, Jessica Vega pleaded guilty for lying about having terminal cancer to persuade people to help pay for her dream wedding and Caribbean honeymoon. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Sep. 2022 Arab Americans have long fought to persuade government officials to adopt the racial category, referred to as MENA, as part of standard practice. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022 The city hopes the undertaking will persuade other schools — including UC San Diego — to establish a presence in South County. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 His first unorthodox move was to persuade the surviving members of the Champlain Towers South condo association board to appoint Michael I. Goldberg, a lawyer, as an independent party known as a receiver to handle residents’ lawsuits. Patricia Mazzei, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Is there any way to persuade those people of the value of trying to access that childlike mind-set? David Marchese, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2022 The nonpartisan group aims to help persuade candidates to debate by offering a neutral, professional environment, while also pressuring those who otherwise might not participate. Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022 Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds work to persuade star soccer players and executives to take a chance on Wrexham before the season starts. Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 See More
Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2022 A decade ago, Jessica Vega pleaded guilty for lying about having terminal cancer to persuade people to help pay for her dream wedding and Caribbean honeymoon. Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Sep. 2022 Arab Americans have long fought to persuade government officials to adopt the racial category, referred to as MENA, as part of standard practice. Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022 The city hopes the undertaking will persuade other schools — including UC San Diego — to establish a presence in South County. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 His first unorthodox move was to persuade the surviving members of the Champlain Towers South condo association board to appoint Michael I. Goldberg, a lawyer, as an independent party known as a receiver to handle residents’ lawsuits. Patricia Mazzei, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Is there any way to persuade those people of the value of trying to access that childlike mind-set? David Marchese, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2022 The nonpartisan group aims to help persuade candidates to debate by offering a neutral, professional environment, while also pressuring those who otherwise might not participate. Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022 Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds work to persuade star soccer players and executives to take a chance on Wrexham before the season starts. Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Latin persuadēre, from per- thoroughly + suadēre to advise, urge — more at sweet
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
persuade
verb
per·suade pər-ˈswād
persuaded; persuading
: to win over to a belief or way of acting : convince The weather report persuaded me to stay home.
persuading 1 of 2
noun
as in convincing
the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action no amount of persuading could make her change her mind Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- convincing
- conversion
- persuasion
- inducing
- urging
- pressuring
- inducement
- coaxing
- lobbying
- influencing
- suasion
- seduction
- prompting
- tempting
- wheedling
- exhortation
- swaying
- cajolery
- entreaty
- cajolement
- blandishment
- brainwashing
- overpersuasion
persuading
2 of 2verb
as in bringing
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension Synonyms & Similar Words
- convincing
- bringing
- urging
- getting
- inducing
- converting
- attracting
- satisfying
- arguing
- coaxing
- gaining
- moving
- cajoling
- seducing
- prompting
- exhorting
- luring
- entreating
- influencing
- wheedling
- enticing
- selling
- tempting
- bringing around
- prevailing (on or upon)
- swaying
- alluring
- discussing
- winning (over)
- brainwashing
- beguiling
- talking (into)
- inclining
- interesting
- debating
- conversing
- overpersuading
- snowing
- drawing
- blandishing
- leading on
- disputing
- blarneying
- fast-talking
- mooting
- chewing over
- hashing (over)
- reasoning (with)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dissuading
- deterring
- discouraging
- unselling
- au reste
- intensifies
- intensify
- intensifying
- intension
- intensional
- intensionalities
- intensionality
- intensionally
- intensions
- intensities
- intensitometer
- intensity
- intensity modulation
- intensity of light
- intensity of magnetization
- intensity of radiation
- intensive
- intensive care
- intensive care unit
- intensive care units
- intensive pronoun
- intensive proposition
- intensive-care
- intensively