Synonyms of inducing

inducing 1 of 3

noun

as in convincing

the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action

after the intense inducing of his friends, he went on a diet and joined a health club

Synonyms & Similar Words

• convincing
• conversion
• persuasion
• persuading
• inducement
• suasion
• coaxing
• seduction
• lobbying
• influencing
• pressuring
• prompting
• cajolery
• wheedling
• urging
• entreaty
• exhortation
• swaying
• tempting
• blandishment
• cajolement
• brainwashing
• overpersuasion

inducing

2 of 3

adjective

as in provoking

Related Words

• provoking
• motivating
• inspiring
• motivational
• stimulating
• inciting
• inspirational
• moving
• provocative
• affecting
• instigating
• exciting
• activating
• motivative
• charged
• impressive
• stirring
• touching
• piquing
• triggering
• emotional
• instigative
• impactful
• energizing
• edgy
• quickening
• poignant
• vitalizing
• inflammatory
• galvanizing
• explosive
• incendiary
• fiery

Dissimilar Words

• subduing
• unemotional
• unimpressive
• unaffecting

inducing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of induce

1

as in causing

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

the medication induced labor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• causing
• creating
• generating
• bringing
• prompting
• producing
• doing
• spawning
• effecting
• yielding
• working
• invoking
• making
• catalyzing
• effectuating
• engendering
• occasioning
• bringing about
• breeding
• introducing
• resulting (in)
• promoting
• giving rise to
• encouraging
• translating (into)
• begetting
• drawing on
• initiating
• bringing on
• bringing forth
• establishing
• determining
• contributing (to)
• developing
• launching
• inaugurating
• instituting
• fostering
• deciding
• beginning
• starting
• enacting
• cultivating
• pioneering
• furthering
• founding
• rendering
• advancing
• nurturing
• forwarding
• conducing (to)
• setting
• setting up
• innovating
• fathering
• nourishing
• turning out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• limiting
• restricting
• impeding
• suppressing
• controlling
• crushing
• inhibiting
• stifling
• repressing
• subduing
• restraining
• smothering
• quelling
• checking
• dampening
• curbing
• quashing
• arresting
• retarding
• killing
• putting down
• destroying
• squashing
• squelching
• abolishing
• extinguishing
• quenching
• cracking down (on)
• liquidating
• demolishing
• clamping down (on)
• canning
• reining (in)
• stilling
• snuffing (out)

2

as in persuading

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deterring
• discouraging
• dissuading
• unselling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inducing

Noun

Angle collisions tend to be more violent and injury-inducing, said Charlie Jones, the deputy director of the transportation department. — Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026

January Jones's wavy texture is hair envy-inducing. — Krista Carter, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026

The result is tender, humorous, and at times, tear-inducing. — Essence, 21 Oct. 2025

That feeling of suddenly being connected across the miles was as buzz-inducing as the beer. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025

But nearly every cliche, no matter how eye-roll-inducing, is rooted somewhere in reality. — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2020

Adjective

Work in context is both more productive and less burnout-inducing. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

In the fifth and final season of The Boys, creator-showrunner Eric Kripke and his writers’ room had their work cut out for them, with a complex cast of characters’ arcs to wrap up, from the heartbreaking to the adrenaline-inducing and absurdly hilarious. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 June 2026

Some of the prices are shiver-inducing, but then this is Mayfair, and The Twenty Two is offering something different—something sexier and more fun, which might just be a marker point for the area’s future. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 May 2026

Most of this wouldn’t be so cringe-inducing, especially given the autobiographical nature of it all, if the film had ever established a better sense of who Kristen is outside of surfing and AJ. — Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 May 2026

The thought of doing so in such a short time frame can be stress-inducing. — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 1 May 2026

For those looking for something more adrenaline-inducing, this Small Luxury Hotels of the World member is a quick five-minute drive to the slopes of Europe’s northernmost ski resort, Saariselkä Ski & Sport Resort. — Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026

The limited animation, built around Xerox-style images of the characters with various frozen expressions, is a little headache-inducing. — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026

But the auctioning of legendary guitars brought the most money — and swear-inducing, nail-biting stress — to the event. — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026

Verb

Instead, Vesia intentionally walked Goldschmidt before inducing an inning-ending flyout from ex-Dodger Cody Bellinger. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026

According to the court judgment, the pair arranged for employees and associates to drive up bidding prices at auction, inducing the collector, identified under the pseudonym Li Pin, to purchase the items at inflated prices. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 17 July 2026

The act was passed, followed in 1970 by the Clean Air Act establishing National Ambient Air Quality Standards for smog- and illness-inducing criteria air pollutants. — Rebecca Florsheim, STAT, 17 July 2026

For many, the moment may be anxiety-inducing or even scary—but not when Matt Damon is the parent in question. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 16 July 2026

The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint is, arguably, one of the most ubiquitous—and anxiety-inducing—aspects of air travel. — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026

Ongoing outbreaks involving a diarrhea-inducing parasite has left over 1,600 people sick across the country, including dozens of people in Florida. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Thinking back on the last two years of his life full of album releases, filming schedules and tour dates, Finn Wolfhard requires squint-inducing concentration to keep it all straight. — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

But New York got to him in the fifth, inducing three walks while getting a two-run homer off the bat of Max Schuemann. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 July 2026