Synonyms of persuades

persuades

verb

present tense third-person singular of persuade

as in convinces

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

she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead

he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension

Synonyms & Similar Words

• convinces
• satisfies
• brings
• gets
• induces
• urges
• argues
• attracts
• converts
• moves
• talks (into)
• coaxes
• wins (over)
• prevails (on or upon)
• gains
• entices
• tempts
• seduces
• brings around
• prompts
• exhorts
• entreats
• cajoles
• lures
• wheedles
• sells
• beguiles
• allures
• sways
• influences
• discusses
• leads on
• brainwashes
• snows
• draws
• interests
• inclines
• converses
• blandishes
• overpersuades
• fast-talks
• debates
• blarneys
• moots
• disputes
• reasons (with)
• hashes (over)
• chews over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discourages
• deters
• dissuades
• unsells

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of persuades

Despite the warning, Max persuades both the guide and the rest of the group to choose the red path instead. — Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 29 July 2026

The open question is whether Wednesday’s beat and share price jump is just a blip, or the catalyst that persuades investors to give the stock a more durable re-rating. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 July 2026

Carol persuades Clark to take out a life-insurance policy on her husband—an unusual request outside of a film noir, though not such a departure from the annals of heterosexuality, in which women have depended on men for security for millennia. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 July 2026

DeVoto persuades an editor at Houghton Mifflin to offer them a contract; when Houghton Mifflin eventually rejects the manuscript, DeVoto gets Knopf interested. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Your warmth persuades when details sparkle today. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026

When he is held captive by the nymph Calypso, Athena persuades Zeus to secure Odysseus’s release. — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026

The entity warns a sleepwalking Donnie that the world will end in approximately 28 days and subsequently persuades him to carry out an escalating series of crimes in his community. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026

The product being optimised is your attention, and the people refining that optimisation have budgets, behavioural scientists, and years of data on what persuades you. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026