CONVERTS Synonyms: 196 Similar and Opposite Words

converts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of convert

as in influences

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 transforms

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

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as in persuades

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 seizes

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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converts

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noun

plural of convert

as in recruits

a person who has recently been persuaded to join a religious sect the converts were the most vocal and fervent worshippers in the church

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as in adherents

one who follows the opinions or teachings of another the British biologist T. H. Huxley was one of the earliest converts to Darwin's theory of evolution

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Recent Examples of converts

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Another bonus is the adjustable shoulder strap, which converts from 26 to 46 inches. —

Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026 Audi plans 499 units, all left-hand-drive and costing over half a million GBP each, which converts to around US$670,000. —

New Atlas, 5 June 2026 The circuit converts one incoming signal into four output signals. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 June 2026 Encryption converts your data into unreadable code when it's being transmitted or stored. —

Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 4 June 2026 Origami Sake has four ingredients, Ozark spring water, yeast, kogi -- a type of mold that converts the starch in rice to sugar -- and specialty sake rice grown in Arkansas. —

John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 2 June 2026 Your body converts those into nitric oxide, which can help lower blood pressure. —

Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 2 June 2026 This converts military service from a scheduling liability into a financial asset. —

Robert Krasner, STAT, 1 June 2026 Computing ultimately converts electricity into heat, and the density of new AI systems is changing how data centers are designed. —

Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

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Over time, some preachers sought to systematize these tactics for winning converts. —

Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026 The charge is to use this generational team’s arrival to spur the next generation, to inspire not just the little kids who escorted the players on the pitch for the anthem to dream of scoring a World Cup goal, but to create converts who might otherwise not consider the sport. —

Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 June 2026 The top lifts off and converts into a pendant. —

Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026 Rahnama says the women were Christian converts and fled Iran due to religious persecution. —

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 12 June 2026 The Grip add-on converts to a video cage too; just unscrew the grip and remove the shutter release bar, and you're left with a video-friendly cage with a 1/4-inch-20 thread on the right side and a cold shoe on the top. —

Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026 Through a process called retrogradation, cooling converts digestible starch into resistant starch, making the potato more blood sugar-friendly. —

Jillian Kubala, Health, 5 June 2026 That dining lounge converts into the main 58 x 80-in (147 x 203-cm) bed at night. —

New Atlas, 5 June 2026 Among these delusions is the perennial faith that Iranians are potentially ardent converts to American-style freedom, rather than inheritors of an ancient civilization with a trajectory outlined by its own specific history. —

Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026

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Weather also influences how much local governments will dig into tax revenues to shield us, including building stronger infrastructure to better direct the flow of stormwater, assembling emergency management teams and equipment, and organizing shelters.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
El Niño is part of a large-scale climate pattern that influences weather around the globe.

— Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 12 June 2026