Synonyms of coaxing

coaxing 1 of 2

noun

as in persuading

Synonyms & Similar Words

• persuading
• wheedling
• convincing
• cajolery
• entreaty
• inducement
• inducing
• exhortation
• suasion
• blandishment
• conversion
• prompting
• seduction
• persuasion
• urging
• cajolement
• tempting
• influencing
• swaying
• lobbying
• pressuring
• brainwashing
• overpersuasion

coaxing

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verb

present participle of coax

as in cajoling

to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery

trying to coax their father into taking them on a ski trip, the teens mentioned what a great skier he is

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cajoling
• wheedling
• luring
• wooing
• seducing
• urging
• enticing
• begging
• sweet-talking
• blandishing
• palavering
• tempting
• massaging
• blarneying
• beseeching
• charming
• importuning
• flattering
• overpraising
• soft-soaping
• wangling
• juggling
• adulating
• wiling
• buttering up
• finagling
• cozening
• beguiling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• teasing
• harassing
• pestering
• nagging
• bugging
• intimidating
• requiring
• forcing
• demanding
• coercing
• bullying
• making
• obliging
• browbeating
• compelling
• constraining
• bulldozing
• cowing