Synonyms of coaxing

coaxing 1 of 2

noun

as in persuading

Related 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

2 of 2

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of coaxing

Noun

Spider Plant Unlike snake plants, spider plants need no coaxing to make more plants for your collection. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2026

And honestly, this type of traveler doesn’t need the most coaxing to try out a cruise vacation. — Scott Laird, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

No coaxing or pulling from the crate. — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Feb. 2026

Hair that’s naturally less heavy can hold more shape and bounce when styling, but maintaining a full-bodied look might take some extra coaxing. — Grace McCarty, Glamour, 9 Feb. 2026

Pushing, pulling and coaxing wins out of his team amid bleak situations is what Tomlin does. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026

Verb

Energy from the sun helps reactions between those blocks along, coaxing them to form polymers, or longer chains of molecules. — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Some analysts argue that the Obama administration set a hopeful precedent on AI cooperation by coaxing China to join the Paris Climate Agreement in 2016. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026

With a little more coaxing, the same results can be achieved with the base Copilot license, simply by using the right prompt-model combinations. — Chris Stegh, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

There’s no mediation or therapy-speak gently coaxing the brothers toward reconciliation. — Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

Arsenal want to do that in a range of ways — in personnel, stylistic development, and by coaxing more from their current group. — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Last year, Ian Stamy took the state prize for his bumper soybean yield, coaxing an average of just over 100 bushels per acre from his operation in central Pennsylvania. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026

Carlos Rodon executed his pitch perfectly, coaxing Christian Franklin into what should have been an inning-ending double-play ball hit straight to Chisholm at second base. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

All that without, critics say, materially improving reporting accuracy or, critically, coaxing impactful new investment in sustainable energy. — Mike Feibus, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026