Synonyms and Antonyms of induce
1
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
- the medication induced labor
beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield
conduce (to), contribute (to)
decide, determine
begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start
advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote
enact, render, turn out
impede, limit, restrict
clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress
arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard
can [slang], kill, snuff (out), still
abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench
2
to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests
- finally induced the eyewitness to the gangland slaying to cooperate with the police
argue, bring, bring around, convert, convince, gain, get, move, persuade, prevail (on or upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over)
blandish, blarney, cajole, coax, entreat, exhort, fast-talk, urge, wheedle
allure, beguile, lead on, lure, seduce, snow, tempt
brainwash, overpersuade
incline, influence, move, prompt, sell, sway
attract, draw, entice, interest
chew over, converse, debate, discuss, dispute, hash (over), moot
reason (with)
