CONVERTING Synonyms: 129 Similar and Opposite Words

converting

verb

present participle of convert

as in influencing

to persuade to change to one's religious faith young missionaries who go door-to-door trying to convert people

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as in transforming

to change in form, appearance, or use the old factory was converted into an apartment building

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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

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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

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Recent Examples of converting The trade is poised to benefit farmers, particularly women, in developing economies such as India by converting marginal and underutilized land into income-generating assets. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026 These meticulous services have a reputation for yielding flawless-looking nails that last for weeks, converting people all over the globe. — Lucy Abbersteen, Allure, 9 Oct. 2026 Banchero made his way to the free throw line early and often converting seven of his first 10 shots there to reach 11 points by the half. — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026 On his cellphone, according to the complaint, investigators found messages about drug trafficking and firearms, including devices capable of converting Glock pistols into a fully automatic machine gun. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 According to reports, the vehicle appears consistent with an Oshkosh logistics truck that Castelion had previously discussed converting for launch testing. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026 At Tuesday's EuroLeague meeting, club owners agreed to move forward with converting the current 10-year licenses into franchises for the shareholder clubs. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 Oakwood officials first learned in February that the federal agency was considering converting the warehouses into an ICE detention facility. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 The proposition is to connect China’s factories with its creator economy; Black Lake’s agents bridge the gap by converting ideas into designs, a 3D simulation, and industrial data sent to a factory. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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Without the financial incentive markets provide, social pressure and community biases play more of a role in influencing opinion.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Six students who spoke to the Herald said Donalds’ bid to become Florida’s first Black governor was not influencing their decision.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of influencing

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RatHat relies heavily on persuading people to sideload malicious apps.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Any legal maneuvers could take months to play out and may have the effect of persuading his targets to postpone any plans to leave the Fed, as Powell has already done.

— Matt Peterson, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of persuading

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Troop movements over the past couple of weeks indicate the group is concentrating on seizing the southwestern highlands, which could then open the way for a push toward the government’s capital, Aden.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026
Counsel argued that seizing the ballots was necessary to preserve potential evidence before statutory destruction deadlines and to compare the total number of ballots with official vote records.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

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Use this step-by-step guide to try your hand at propagating your favorite begonias.

— Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
Rather than propagating vertically toward the electrodes, the dendrites spread horizontally inside the electrolyte.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

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Why expend so much money convincing an audience to trust what a studio is selling when a digital filmmaker has already established that trust with their millions of followers?

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Someone who is interested in her findings, of course, is Horwitz, a former political journo newly appointed to the WSJ’s tech beat — and still convincing his icy new boss (Betty Gilpin, of course) that tech is politics in this day and age.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of convincing

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Sacramento County Health Inspectors gave a red placard to a local pizzeria after observing an employee, with gloves on, grabbing a napkin and killing a cockroach then continuing to cook.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Aire Libre is still around for those who just can’t bear the thought of not grabbing a beer by the pool.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

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Yet some European philosophers were intrigued by the monism of Vedanta philosophy, whereas Evangelical Christians saw the same monism as a foundation for proselytizing Christian monotheism.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Porter sketched Trotsky holding forth at a conference table, proselytizing to the American bureaucrats.

— Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026

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