persuadable C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /pərˈsweɪdəbəl/ UK /pəˈsweɪdəbəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj able to be convinced or won over by argument The jury seemed persuadable once the new evidence emerged. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · able to be convinced or won... persuasibleconvincibleamenabletractableimpressionablepliablesuggestible ↔ Opposites unpersuadableobstinateintractableadamantinflexible Word family Derived forms persuadablypersuadability Related forms persuadepersuasionpersuasivepersuader Etymology AI details From persuade plus -able; persuade is from Latin persuadere ('to convince thoroughly'), from per- ('thoroughly') + suadere ('to advise, urge'). persuadere Latin suadere Latin *sweh2d- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # persuadable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /pərˈsweɪdəbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /pəˈsweɪdəbəl/ ## Meanings 1. able to be convinced or won over by argument ## Examples - The jury seemed persuadable once the new evidence emerged. ## Synonyms - persuasible - convincible - amenable - tractable - impressionable - pliable - suggestible ## Antonyms - unpersuadable - obstinate - intractable - adamant - inflexible ## Derived Forms - persuadably - persuadability ## Related Forms - persuade - persuasion - persuasive - persuader ## Roots and Affixes - Root: persuadere - Root: suadere - Root: *sweh2d- ## Etymology From persuade plus -able; persuade is from Latin persuadere ('to convince thoroughly'), from per- ('thoroughly') + suadere ('to advise, urge'). ## AI Etymology Persuadable is from persuade plus -able; persuade is from Latin persuadere ('to convince thoroughly'), from per- ('thoroughly') + suadere ('to advise, urge'). Important recorded forms include persuadere (Latin), suadere (Latin), and *sweh2d- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers able to be convinced or won over by argument. The wider family includes derived forms such as persuadably and persuadability and related words such as persuade, persuasion, persuasive, and persuader. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown