CONVERTING Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

converting

verb

present participle of convert

as in influencing

to persuade to change to one's religious faith young missionaries who go door-to-door trying to convert people

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as in transforming

to change in form, appearance, or use the old factory was converted into an apartment building

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as in persuading

to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request many who used to insist that global warming was a myth have since been converted

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as in seizing

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right the bailee converted the goods to his own use

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Recent Examples of converting Stars such as Renate Reinsve and Mads Mikkelsen, major festival prizes and awards-season visibility remain powerful assets, while local festivals and territory-specific marketing can be just as decisive in converting prestige into admissions. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026 About $2 billion is being invested in modernizing and converting spaces in center city. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, the rover and instrument operators begin converting the day’s scientific requests into hundreds of commands that must be sent to NASA’s Deep Space Network in a few hours. — Ashwin R. Vasavada, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 The fullback has been lethal from the penalty spot, converting all three of her attempts, but she’s been productive in open play as well. — Karan Lodha, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 The Frankos, also known as The Hunter Houses on Instagram, have been converting cottages into beautiful Airbnbs since 2016 and in 2021, found a 12,000-square-foot run-down hotel in the hamlet of Hensonville, New York. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026 These buoy-like devices move up and down, converting the motion of waves into electricity. — ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026 Plans also include converting the ground floor level into a retail space and potentially adding new apartments in the parking lot. — James Taylor, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 Invoice finance manages this by converting existing receivables into early funds without creating new debt. — Andreas Schweitzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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More of their money is flowing toward influencing local elections, according to the data.

— Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
The tropical disturbance influencing Sunday's forecast is expected to move west, dropping the probability of weather violating launch criteria to about 30% — offering a 70% chance of acceptable conditions.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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The couple first tried for locations in Chicago and San Francisco and finally ended up in Exposition Park, taking over land that was once parking lots and transforming it into a futuristic museum that has been likened to a spaceship.

— Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Boise has been transforming its airport over the last few years, including by building employee parking and shifting the cell phone waiting lot from the airport’s campus to a lot near Curtis and Victory roads.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of transforming

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But persuading other American companies to follow Chevron into Venezuela remains one of Washington’s biggest challenges.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Proponents may face an uphill battle persuading Newsom to sign the bill, which creates a unique revenue stream to pay for the program.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of persuading

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Their demands for records mirror a New Mexico lawsuit and whistleblower claims that agents were ordered to stand down instead of seizing hundreds of thousands of lethal pills.

— Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Since seizing power, Tiani’s government has shifted away from Western partners, deepened ties with Russia and broken with the regional ECOWAS bloc, joining Mali and Burkina Faso to form the breakaway AES bloc.

— Reuters, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of seizing

Verb

Rather than propagating vertically toward the electrodes, the dendrites spread horizontally inside the electrolyte.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Instead, Shanahan recommends layering, a method of propagating new plants from a still-living thyme specimen.

— Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of propagating

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Others would create a certification program for fire-safe building and landscaping practices in part with the hope of convincing insurance companies to lower rates.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
And Paragon Health Institute, which was powerfully influential in convincing lawmakers to tighten Medicaid and Affordable Care Act spending, put out a paper earlier this year arguing for further reforms across government programs that pay providers.

— Daniel Payne, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of convincing

Verb

Two men bought tickets to enter Vienna's Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) before smashing a display case, grabbing a 200-carat platinum and diamond necklace and walking away, police said Friday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
In the commercial, Good Good co-founder Garrett Clark rushes over to his golf bag and pushes over golfer Alexis Miestowski to keep her from grabbing the Quantum Driver.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

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Yet some European philosophers were intrigued by the monism of Vedanta philosophy, whereas Evangelical Christians saw the same monism as a foundation for proselytizing Christian monotheism.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Porter sketched Trotsky holding forth at a conference table, proselytizing to the American bureaucrats.

— Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026

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