Words That Mean Persuade
Moving someone to act, honourably or otherwise — exhort urges, cajole coaxes, coerce leaves no choice.
9 words
- Beseechverb
ask for or request earnestly
- Cajoleverb
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
- Coerceverb
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
- Enticeverb
provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion
- Entreatverb
ask for or request earnestly
- Exhortverb
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- Imploreverb
call upon in supplication; entreat
- Induceverb
produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes
- Inveigleverb
influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
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A word’s meaning sharpens against its opposite. These sets are the ones worth holding beside persuade.