coax

Urge with sweetness

To coax is to persuade gently through patience, flattery, or persistent encouragement: She coaxed the cat out from under the bed.

You coax a reluctant child into eating vegetables, coax information from someone hesitant to share.

The word implies gradual success through soft persistence rather than force or demand.

Things can also be coaxed into working: He coaxed the old engine back to life.

persuade

cajole

Persuade through flattery

urge · sway · sweet-talk · entice · influence · induce · beguile · charm · gentle · patient

cable

F-type

Jaguar sports car

broadband · signal · antenna · satellite · HDTV · RF · transmission · bandwidth · copper · dielectric

Categories
Opposites
persuasion method

coaxforce

Strength or compulsion

coerce · compel · intimidate · demand · bully

goal direction

coaxdissuade

Convince not to

discourage · deter · talk out of · repel · disincline

Phrases
Family

coaxing, coaxed, coaxes, coaxingly, coaxial, coaxer

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Top 50,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G