PERSUADING Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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persuading

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verb

present participle of persuade

as in satisfying

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

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Recent Examples of persuading

Noun

In reality, Blanding says, her sister didn’t need much persuading. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026 Goode needed no persuading about the beauty of animals like New Caledonian geckos, African bush vipers, Caribbean rock iguanas, and similar Cyclura. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026 Bisegna, who is 17 and more soft-spoken, took a little persuading. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 13 July 2026 And social media is presumably where AI will do much of its persuading. — Robert Wright, Fortune, 24 June 2026 The 70-year-old was explaining how the revival came about through years-long persuading of Emmy-winning creator and executive producer Linwood Boomer. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026 Each distortion is what happens when the body does the persuading, and the ideas are just the wardrobe. — Alexis Coe, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026 But Putin cannot have needed much persuading to agree to a formal invitation to the US to have the bilateral meeting his team have long held out as the way towards peace in Ukraine. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025 In the framework of conversational intelligence, most workplace communication falls into Level 1 (telling) or Level 2 (persuading). — Susan Curtin, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Verb

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, 1 Sep. 2026 Lowenstein argued that a more immediate goal would be persuading Israel to give back at least some of the land to the Palestinians. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 In March, one of DraftKings’ three co-founders, Matthew Kalish, stepped down as president—but not before persuading the board to approve a series of potentially lucrative deals to benefit his new marketing company. — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 According to sources close to the player, speaking anonymously to protect relationships, an early-summer meeting with Howe in London proved crucial in persuading Steur to move to Tyneside. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 When $118 million cannot hold a party whose leaders agree with you, the money is not persuading anyone. — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The king’s openness in talking about his diagnosis has been credited with persuading more men to be tested for prostate cancer and other forms of the disease. — Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026 Every significant change requires persuading governments that frequently disagree on nearly everything else. — Bethany Mandel, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuading

Noun

Bonnell also uses a belt drive as standard equipment for quieter, lower-maintenance operation, with an optional 520 chain conversion available for riders who prefer a more traditional setup.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Motorsport meets nuclear engineering Power conversion sits between the reactor and the electrical grid.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026

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Verb

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

Noun

As militaries adapted persuasion techniques from the advertising world, and as former intelligence officials applied their skills to political advertising (as in the case of Cambridge Analytica), the lines have blurred.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
In a time when political persuasions divide friends and families, a love for Parton proved to be a unifying force Tuesday on social media, of all places.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of persuasion

Verb

This might be Anaheim’s last, best chance at satisfying those objectives.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
As governments, regulators and enterprises continue to raise expectations around software accountability, the objective shouldn't simply be identifying more vulnerabilities or satisfying more requirements.

— Aaron Mitchell, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

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