Entry Word: coax

Function: verb

Meaning: to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery <trying to coax Dad into taking us on a ski trip, we mentioned what a great skier he is>

Synonyms blandish, blarney, cajole, soft-soap, wheedle

Related Words adulate, flatter, overpraise; compliment, praise; beguile, charm, woo; beg, importune, urge; bug, nag, pester

Near Antonyms browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, intimidate; coerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige