Synonyms of converting

converting

verb

present participle of convert

1

as in influencing

to persuade to change to one's religious faith

young missionaries who go door-to-door trying to convert people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• influencing
• propagating
• proselytizing
• proselyting
• missionizing
• brainwashing
• swaying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissuading
• secularizing

2

as in transforming

to change in form, appearance, or use

the old factory was converted into an apartment building

Synonyms & Similar Words

• transforming
• transmuting
• remodeling
• replacing
• reworking
• transposing
• metamorphosing
• transfiguring
• adjusting
• modifying
• altering
• redesigning
• transubstantiating
• alchemizing
• recasting
• making over
• redefining
• revising
• refashioning
• remaking
• mutating
• reengineering
• redoing
• supplanting
• deforming
• distorting
• regenerating
• revamping
• substituting
• disfiguring
• varying
• transmogrifying
• displacing

3

as in persuading

to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request

many who used to insist that global warming was a myth have since been converted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• persuading
• convincing
• bringing
• satisfying
• getting
• inducing
• moving
• gaining
• attracting
• urging
• talking (into)
• arguing
• winning (over)
• prevailing (on or upon)
• coaxing
• selling
• seducing
• bringing around
• luring
• prompting
• exhorting
• enticing
• influencing
• entreating
• cajoling
• discussing
• tempting
• wheedling
• swaying
• interesting
• drawing
• inclining
• conversing
• brainwashing
• blandishing
• debating
• leading on
• alluring
• snowing
• blarneying
• beguiling
• disputing
• overpersuading
• reasoning (with)
• fast-talking
• hashing (over)
• chewing over
• mooting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deterring
• discouraging
• dissuading
• unselling

4

as in seizing

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right

the bailee converted the goods to his own use

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seizing
• grabbing
• confiscating
• stealing
• claiming
• occupying
• usurping
• appropriating
• annexing
• commandeering
• invading
• preempting
• pirating
• assuming
• expropriating
• snatching
• arrogating
• attaching
• pressing
• taking over
• looting
• sequestering
• repossessing
• grasping
• impounding
• encroaching
• pillaging
• despoiling
• collaring
• misusing
• wrenching
• infringing
• wresting
• trespassing
• misapplying
• embezzling
• preoccupying
• misappropriating
• peculating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of converting

Stars such as Renate Reinsve and Mads Mikkelsen, major festival prizes and awards-season visibility remain powerful assets, while local festivals and territory-specific marketing can be just as decisive in converting prestige into admissions. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

About $2 billion is being invested in modernizing and converting spaces in center city. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, the rover and instrument operators begin converting the day’s scientific requests into hundreds of commands that must be sent to NASA’s Deep Space Network in a few hours. — Ashwin R. Vasavada, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

The fullback has been lethal from the penalty spot, converting all three of her attempts, but she’s been productive in open play as well. — Karan Lodha, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

The Frankos, also known as The Hunter Houses on Instagram, have been converting cottages into beautiful Airbnbs since 2016 and in 2021, found a 12,000-square-foot run-down hotel in the hamlet of Hensonville, New York. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

These buoy-like devices move up and down, converting the motion of waves into electricity. — ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026

Plans also include converting the ground floor level into a retail space and potentially adding new apartments in the parking lot. — James Taylor, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

Invoice finance manages this by converting existing receivables into early funds without creating new debt. — Andreas Schweitzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026