COAXED Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

coaxed

verb

past tense of coax

as in cajoled

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

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Recent Examples of coaxed After three days on the lam, Chesney was coaxed back with comforting voices and familiar scents. —

Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026 Wisconsin’s most common spiders are harmless and don’t bite humans, even when coaxed, according to the University of Wisconsin. —

Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026 The boy who walked the moors freely and called the wild things to him, who spoke to animals and coaxed life out of the cold ground. —

Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026 Gentile and the story coaxed from Elene nearly two decades ago remain at the center of the investigation and accounts for much of Kelly’s the book. —

Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2026 The hope is that Pivetta’s four-seamer is too enticing for hitters to lay off, because there’s no more hoping that umpires can be coaxed into seeing things your way. —

Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 The frontrunner is considered Utah State coach Jerrod Calhoun, who took the Aggies to the NCAA Tournament last season, coaxed them to the Mountain West regular-season title and is a former assistant to Bob Huggins — who endeared himself to K-State fans in just one season in Manhattan. —

Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026 Scott Parker has coaxed more structure, but this squad has looked short of Premier League quality from the start, even after a 100-point promotion campaign. —

Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026 Pete was delivering yogurt to the table while Chasten coaxed them to eat it. —

Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coaxed

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Cash cajoled Leon Bailey into positions ahead of him, either shuffling backwards to mark Newcastle’s left-winger or shifting inside to track Lewis Hall, who was inverting from left back.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Her mentor, 2012-2020 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, cajoled the BOJ into cornering the government bond market and becoming the biggest owner of Tokyo stocks.

— William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026