persuade
Win someone over
When you persuade someone, you convince them to do or believe something: They persuaded us to go with them, despite the awful weather. He persuaded us that the other council members were working against us.
Persuade usually takes a person or group of people as a subject, but abstract things can also be said to persuade: The fantastic scenery persuaded us to stay an extra week.
The related adjective and noun are persuasive and persuasion.
Urge forward with support
Magnetic personal appeal
- magnetismForce between poles
- charmAttractive personal quality
- appealFormal review request
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
winning · likability · rapport · smooth-talk · flattery · compliment · sweet-talk · beguile
Rock back and forth
- lobbyEntryway or influence-seeking
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- shapeExternal outline of something
guide · steer · affect · impact · nudge · spin · propaganda · manipulation
Persuasive verbal grace
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- ethosCollective moral character
- pathosPity-evoking quality
logos · articulate · speech · presentation · delivery · diction · flourish · emphasis
Reasoned case or dispute
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- proofDemonstration of truth
rationale · justification · explain · demonstrate · substantiate · validate · corroborate · case
Favorable purchase price
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- mediateFacilitate agreement between disputants
- arbitrateSettle as impartial judge
- dealAgreement or distribution
concession · terms · agreement · haggle · parley · broker · settle · treaty
encourage
Urge forward with support
beseech · plead · beg · press · push · prod · prompt · spur · coax · wheedle
charisma
Magnetic personal appeal
allure · winning · likability · rapport · smooth-talk · flattery · compliment · sweet-talk · beguile · disarm
sway
Rock back and forth
- lobbyEntryway or influence-seeking
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
shape · guide · steer · affect · impact · nudge · spin · propaganda · manipulation · subliminal
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- ethosCollective moral character
pathos · logos · articulate · speech · presentation · delivery · diction · flourish · emphasis · repetition
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
proof · rationale · justification · explain · demonstrate · substantiate · validate · corroborate · case · grounds
bargain
Favorable purchase price
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
- mediateFacilitate agreement between disputants
- arbitrateSettle as impartial judge
deal · concession · terms · agreement · haggle · parley · broker · settle · treaty · contract
tempt
Draw toward wrongdoing
sweeten · carrot · inducement · reward · offer · promise · dangle · attract · hook · draw
force
Strength or compulsion
- compelForce to act
- pressureForce upon contact
- intimidateInstill fear to control
threaten · bully · blackmail · strong-arm · browbeat · dragoon · bulldoze · railroad · steamroll · coercion
- persuasionconvince, convincing, compelling, argument, appeal
- persuasion tacticscharm, butter up, flattery, flatter, coax
- ways to change mindsconvince, sway, coax, cajole, win over
- leadership verbslead, command, direct, manage, supervise
- social actionsinteract, communicate, connect, socialize, engage
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments
persuadedissuade
Convince not to
deter · discourage · talk out of · put off · disincline
- persuasive argumentReasoning that convinces others
- political persuasionOne's ideological orientation
- persuasive speechesDiscourse meant to convince
- persuasive essayWriting that advocates viewpoints
- persuasive writingProse aimed at convincing
- persuasive speechOration intended to convince
persuasion, persuasive, persuaded, persuading, persuadable, persuades, persuasively, persuasiveness, persuader