Synonyms of persuading

persuading 1 of 2

noun

as in convincing

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

no amount of persuading could make her change her mind

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

persuading

2 of 2

verb

present participle of persuade

as in satisfying

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deterring
• discouraging
• dissuading
• unselling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of persuading

Noun

The 70-year-old was explaining how the revival came about through years-long persuading of Emmy-winning creator and executive producer Linwood Boomer. —Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Apr. 2026

Each distortion is what happens when the body does the persuading, and the ideas are just the wardrobe. —Alexis Coe, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026

But Putin cannot have needed much persuading to agree to a formal invitation to the US to have the bilateral meeting his team have long held out as the way towards peace in Ukraine. —Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2025

In the framework of conversational intelligence, most workplace communication falls into Level 1 (telling) or Level 2 (persuading). —Susan Curtin, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025

Verb

Those include persuading a critical number of merchants to accept payments from agents, while also determining who is responsible for failed and fraudulent transactions. —Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 27 May 2026

Candidate Brenda Lee Anderson, a Northwestern University researcher, noted that a key challenge has been persuading those without children in Chicago Public Schools that the school board is worth their attention. —Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026

That suggested Mijatovic felt Riquelme would have difficulty in persuading Madrid socios to vote for him, especially at such short notice. —Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 24 May 2026

But there is little evidence that the AI ads, in themselves, are persuading new voters. —National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026

Influencers have become a routine part of persuading voters in local, state and national races as legacy media’s reach has waned, though there are few laws on the books regulating them. —Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026

Trump wants Xi’s help persuading Tehran to open the Strait of Hormuz and come back to the bargaining table. —Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026

Araghchi questioned whether the latest military exchange was meant to pressure Iran into a peace deal or the result of someone persuading the president of the United States (POTUS) to extend the conflict. —Michael Loria, USA Today, 9 May 2026

Mitchell’s greatest achievement was persuading Congress that effects — not intent — must be the legal standard, because intent can always be disguised. —Alvin C. Hathaway Sr, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2026