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

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

Adjective

Thanksgiving travel is stressful every year, but the 2025 edition definitely has the potential to be extra jitter-inducing. —Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 22 Nov. 2025

The live show looms, nerve-inducing, practically inviting a stress bond. —Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025

Carrie Bradshaw, frankly, has always been a mess — a beautiful, cringe-inducing, selfish, couture-wearing mess. —Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025

Verb

To be frank, Bug is a nightmarish experience — but not in an overt, shudder-inducing way. —Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026

The climax of the film features the two reuniting amid the backdrop of the city’s famous cherry blossoms — which proved to be one of the more anxiety-inducing shots to get. —Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026

Whether as a client or a reader, Walsh wants to dispel the idea that fashion can be intimidating, or insecurity-inducing. —James Manso, Footwear News, 8 Jan. 2026

Kate Hudson is celebrating her third Golden Globe nomination (this one, for Best Actress thanks to Song Sung Blue) with a new nostalgia-inducing pin-up style photoshoot. —Emma Banks, InStyle, 8 Jan. 2026

Having a baby in the NICU can be an anxiety-inducing experience, but thankfully, that chapter is over for Cori Broadus and Wayne Duece. —Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 7 Jan. 2026

The cardiac event-inducing victory over Boise State is on the short list of the best games of the season, with each team coming back from the brink at various points. —Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026

At a major Hollywood affair like Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards, walking the red carpet can be anxiety-inducing—no matter how big the star. —Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2026

And with the holiday travel rush fast approaching, travel delays are even more anxiety-inducing than ever. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025