persuade

B1 Topic:Communication

Also spelled perswade

US /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #5951

Meanings

1

verb
To make someone agree to do or believe something by giving them good reasons.

The salesman persuaded me to buy the bottle of lotion.
2

verb
To make someone believe that something is true.

She persuaded the jury that her client was innocent.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make someone agree to do... coax convince wheedle

2 verb · to make someone believe... convince

More argue convict draw get pimp procure push suade sway

Opposites

deter dissuade mispersuade unconvinceunpersuade

Word family

Forms persuadedpersuadespersuadingperswaded

Derived forms mispersuadeoverpersuadepersuadabilitypersuadablepersuadeepersuader persuasion persuasivepersuasoryrepersuadeunpersuade

Related forms allure induce influence suadesuasorysway

Etymology

From Latin persuādeō (“to persuade”). Cognate to for, sweet.

*sweh₂d- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Communication

# persuade

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd
**Frequency rank:** 5951

## Meanings
1. To make someone agree to do or believe something by giving them good reasons.
2. To make someone believe that something is true.

## Examples
- The salesman persuaded me to buy the bottle of lotion.
- She persuaded the jury that her client was innocent.

## Synonyms
- argue
- convict
- convince
- draw
- get
- pimp
- procure
- push
- suade
- sway

## Antonyms
- deter
- dissuade
- mispersuade
- unconvince
- unpersuade

## Derived Forms
- mispersuade
- overpersuade
- persuadability
- persuadable
- persuadee
- persuader
- persuasion
- persuasive
- persuasory
- repersuade
- unpersuade

## Related Forms
- allure
- induce
- influence
- suade
- suasory
- sway

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sweh₂d-

## Etymology
From Latin persuādeō (“to persuade”). Cognate to for, sweet.

## AI Etymology
Persuade comes from Latin persuādeō (“to persuade”). Cognate to for, sweet. The historical chain includes *sweh₂d- (Proto-Indo-European). In present-day English it covers to make someone agree to do or believe something by giving them good reasons and to make someone believe that something is true. The wider family includes derived forms such as mispersuade, overpersuade, persuadability, persuadable, persuadee and related forms such as allure, induce, influence, suade.

## Topics
- Communication

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