woo
Seek someone's affection
Woo is to seek someone's favor or affection, especially romantically: He wooed her with flowers and poetry.
The word extends to courting anyone's approval: politicians woo voters, companies woo investors.
Wooing implies deliberate effort to charm or persuade.
The adjective is wooing, the past tense wooed.
Attractive personal quality
- enticeAttract by offering appeal
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- temptDraw toward wrongdoing
- lureThing that tempts
captivate · beguile · enchant · bewitch · mesmerize · fascinate · attract · coax
Trial venue or sports surface
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- pursueFollow to catch
- suitorOne who seeks affection
- sweetheartAffectionate name for beloved
serenade · admirer · beau · paramour · beloved · darling · tryst · proposal
Mock playfully
- coquetryPlayful amorous behavior
- coyAffectedly modest
- playfulInclined toward fun
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
wink · dally · flirtatious · kittenish · cheeky · gallant · giggle · impish
Cause to believe
- swayRock back and forth
- influencePower to affect others
- cajolePersuade through flattery
- coaxPersuade by gentle urging
lobby · pitch · sell · campaign · cultivate · solicit · schmooze · ingratiate
Joyfulness or encouragement
- hoorayExclamation of delight
- yayExclamation of triumph
- hurrahExclamation of joy
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
celebration · victory · exuberance · triumph · elation · jubilation
charm
Attractive personal quality
lure · captivate · beguile · enchant · bewitch · mesmerize · fascinate · attract · coax · inveigle
court
Trial venue or sports surface
sweetheart · serenade · admirer · beau · paramour · beloved · darling · tryst · proposal · engagement
tease
Mock playfully
banter · wink · dally · flirtatious · kittenish · cheeky · gallant · giggle · impish · lighthearted
convince
Cause to believe
coax · lobby · pitch · sell · campaign · cultivate · solicit · schmooze · ingratiate · appeal
cheer
Joyfulness or encouragement
excitement · celebration · victory · exuberance · triumph · elation · jubilation
- woo hooExclamation of excitement
- woo wooPseudoscientific spiritual beliefs
- pitching wooActively pursuing romance
- John Woo