Synonyms of convinced

convinced 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in believing

Related Words

• believing
• confident
• sure
• accepting
• unsuspecting
• certain
• unquestioning
• secure
• overconfident
• trusting
• unwary
• unsuspicious
• gullible
• naive
• credulous
• confiding
• trustful
• hopeful
• unsophisticated
• childlike
• dependent
• guileless
• reliant
• innocent
• simple
• artless

Dissimilar Words

• skeptical
• uncertain
• doubtful
• questioning
• doubting
• unconvinced
• distrustful
• mistrustful
• undecided
• unpersuaded
• incredulous
• wary
• hesitant
• unsure
• disbelieving
• suspicious
• unbelieving
• leery
• dubious
• untrusting
• trustless
• oversuspicious

2

as in persuaded

Related Words

• persuaded
• influenced
• swayed
• interested
• colored
• distorted
• warped
• predisposed
• prepossessed
• shaded
• concerned
• misrepresented
• affected
• hostile
• inimical
• biased
• jaundiced
• partisan
• unfriendly
• prejudiced
• partial
• unsympathetic
• one-sided
• parti pris

Dissimilar Words

• equal
• disinterested
• fair
• objective
• reasonable
• neutral
• impartial
• open
• equitable
• unbiased
• receptive
• just
• unprejudiced
• honest
• evenhanded
• independent
• nonpartisan
• open-minded
• autonomous
• bipartisan
• persuasible
• detached
• distant
• cold
• dispassionate
• aloof
• remote
• indifferent
• unconcerned
• impersonal
• uninterested
• hardheaded
• apathetic
• unemotional
• unenthusiastic
• incurious
• uncurious

convinced

2 of 2

verb

past tense of convince

as in satisfied

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

we convinced him to keep silent about our activities until we could spring the surprise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• persuaded
• satisfied
• brought
• urged
• got
• induced
• attracted
• argued
• moved
• gained
• prompted
• converted
• coaxed
• prevailed (on or upon)
• talked (into)
• won (over)
• enticed
• tempted
• brought around
• seduced
• lured
• interested
• exhorted
• cajoled
• swayed
• sold
• influenced
• inclined
• entreated
• wheedled
• discussed
• beguiled
• brainwashed
• allured
• led on
• snowed
• debated
• blandished
• fast-talked
• disputed
• overpersuaded
• mooted
• drew
• conversed
• blarneyed
• reasoned (with)
• chewed over
• hashed (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discouraged
• deterred
• dissuaded
• unsold

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of convinced

Adjective

Remember the Duke lacrosse case, and remember how convinced everybody was that those young men were guilty. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Throughout the movie, Lowen becomes convinced that Verity talks to Crew. — Glamour, 2 Oct. 2026

Rebecca Tushnet, a Harvard Law professor who studies trademark law, isn’t convinced. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026

But, when Dovner questioned him lightly about the details, the man’s infectious laughter made Gleb even more convinced that such trifles were hardly worth mentioning at all. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

The ratings follows another tempest-in-a-teapot bit of You Can See Everything news on Thursday when a typo in the film’s official trailer went viral, with fans becoming convinced the confusing-looking error was intentional — until A24 fixed it. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026

After recently visiting Micron headquarters in Boise, Idaho, Jim was even more convinced that the chipmaker is trading too inexpensively at only six times fiscal 2027 earnings estimates. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

However, not all experts are equally convinced of the study’s results. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

But not everyone is convinced rodents are a critical piece of the valley fever puzzle. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Verb

The wine industry has largely convinced itself that faster, cheaper, and easier is the path to a better product. — Peter Hahn, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Damion is convinced that Julia’s sudden inheritance is a mistake, and their rivalry only gets more complicated when romantic feelings start to arise. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Producers weren’t immediately convinced, but the filmmaker was delighted to have final cut on his first feature and insisted that Adult Supervision had to go there. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Despite his parents’ showbiz failures, Stallone was convinced that he was destined for success as an actor. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Swifties were convinced Swift borrowed her husband’s clothes in a preview shared before the awards show. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 28 Sep. 2026

Marketing aimed at re-convincing people who were briefly convinced last month is the most common waste in this category. — Clarissa Windham-Bradstock, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Menace said the response convinced him that lucha could become more than a secondary attraction. — Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Though Rome was not convinced (Columbus had not, to anyone’s knowledge, performed any miracles), in 1892, Pope Leo XIII did issue a special encyclical calling on all clergy in the Americas and in Europe to hold a special Mass each Columbus Day. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026