persuade

persuade is a 8-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives.
2. transitive verb. To try to influence.
3. transitive verb. To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe.
4. transitive verb. To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend.
5. intransitive verb. To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion.
6. noun. Persuasion.
7. verb. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm

   "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"

8. verb. win approval or support for

   "Carry all before one"

   "His speech did not sway the voters"

   Synonyms: carry, sway

Synonyms

carry, sway

Common word forms

persuaded, persuader, persuades, persuading

Words from these letters

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