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 Finding this family and a few others in Europe, the Reaveys coaxed them to come together in 2010. — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026 Lynn hadn’t released a solo album since 1988’s Who Was That Stranger when White coaxed her out of early retirement. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026 Rescuers carefully coaxed the snake away from the home and boxed it up for relocation shortly after their arrival. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 Two years ago, in the lead-up to one of these clashes, a reporter coaxed a smile out of then-Detroit Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Inside, under flickering lights, a group of reluctant strangers is coaxed into acting out, in a converted gymnasium, a wild tale promising redemption from agonizing tragedy. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 The hard-throwing righty then coaxed a soft grounder from Luis Arraez to secure his third save of the season. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 But the Reds’ Eugenio Suárez coaxed a walk between a pair of flyouts in the fourth, and Imanaga couldn’t pick up the final out. — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Webb relieved Palencia and coaxed a ground out from Max Kepler to end the threat. — CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

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The question is whether big tech can be cajoled or even forced to press pause.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
And veterans Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim were cajoled to stay despite the way their colleagues were treated.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of cajoled

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Since then, the Kremlin has relied on volunteers lured by relatively high pay and benefits to sustain its force of what President Vladimir Putin has said numbers about 700,000 men fighting in Ukraine.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
That same fall, Lane Kiffin walked out on an 11-1 Ole Miss team weeks before its first playoff game, lured to LSU by a war chest the Rebels couldn’t match.

— Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of lured

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Armani’s languid silhouette soon seduced red- and blue-blooded men the world over.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
The song is about a true story of three Dutch teenage girls in World War II, during the occupation, who seduced Nazi officers and murdered them in the woods.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of seduced

Verb

Luca Guadagnino One of the best films of the 2010s, this drama stars Timothée Chalamet as a boy who discovers his own sexuality when he’s wooed by an older man, played by Armie Hammer.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
When asked who might be the greatest thinker in America, the boy immediately suggests Professor Jacob Barnhardt (Sam Jaffe), an Albert Einstein analogue who's wooed by Klaatu's solutions to a particularly tricksy math equation.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of wooed

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Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson said the storm would affect the whole city, and urged city residents to avoid the peninsula through the weekend as crews worked to clean up the area.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged residents to stay indoors.

— Adrian Florido, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026

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