persuadable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /pərˈsweɪdəbəl/ UK /pəˈsweɪdəbəl/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
able to be convinced or won over by argument

The jury seemed persuadable once the new evidence emerged.

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Synonyms

1 adj · able to be convinced or won... persuasibleconvincibleamenable tractable impressionable pliablesuggestible

Opposites

unpersuadableobstinate intractable adamant inflexible

Word family

Derived forms persuadablypersuadability

Related forms persuade persuasion persuasive persuader

Etymology

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

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# 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

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