PERSUASIBLE Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

persuasible

adjective

Definition of persuasible

as in unsophisticated

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Adjective

Sophisticated scams The days of thinking of scammers as unsophisticated, disjointed actors are over in 2026, according to Yoon.

— Ella Moore July 2, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
Phishing remains one of the most effective means of gaining access to accounts, despite the relatively unsophisticated technical prowess required.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026

Definition of unsophisticated

Adjective

The idea is that airport security operations can remain unaffected by funding lapses and government shutdowns, while still maintaining strict federal oversight and regulations.

— Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
These tides are predicted to be lower than those in June, and the Weather Service estimates that areas not impacted in June can expect to be unaffected over the next week as well.

— Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Definition of unaffected

Adjective

The party has proved as malleable to religion as to capitalism, spending billions on the rejuvenation of Buddhist shrines from Sri Lanka to Nepal.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
Remove dough strips from freezer; if too stiff to be workable, let stand at room temperature until malleable and softened slightly but still very cold.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 June 2026

Definition of malleable

Adjective

This piece of Florida’s war on woke clamped down on speaking the wrong words in college and university classrooms, particularly about race and color, lest impressionable ears catch wind of an opinion not their own.

— Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026
But the prices for the vast majority of stickers are pretty low, which means that no vulture is out there buying up all the sticker packs and trying to resell them at inflated prices to impressionable children hoping to win the lottery.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 30 June 2026

Definition of impressionable

Adjective

Taylor-Joy brings the necessary confidence to her confidence woman, while still conveying the childlike fear inherent to a character who’s felt trapped her whole life.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
Fun and games A childlike wonder informs many of the rooms too.

— Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 14 July 2026

Definition of childlike

Adjective

After striking up conversation about their individual side projects, Kern lent his app’s base server to an inexperienced Coffee.

— Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
In Shipwrecked, crew members suggest that Schettino was a relatively new and inexperienced captain.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 14 July 2026

Definition of inexperienced

Adjective

Tranquillity, often simple but rarely simpleminded, may be Ruscha’s essential quality as an artist.

— Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
But in general election terms, impeachment is a boon for the Democrats, which is why McCarthy is desperately trying to slow-walk these simpleminded drives for vengeance.

— Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 7 July 2023

Definition of simpleminded

Adjective

Yet the political conversation continues to center white women as the decisive variable — the persuadable, the winnable, the ones whose votes need to be courted and earned and puzzled over.

— Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
The actual number of persuadable voters is very small.

— Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2026

Definition of persuadable

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