persuader

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /pərˈsweɪdər/ UK /pəˈsweɪdə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a person or thing that convinces or induces someone to act

A discount proved the best persuader for hesitant buyers.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person or thing that... convincerinducerprompter advocateinfluencerexhorter

Opposites

dissuaderdeterrent

Word family

Related forms persuade persuasion persuasive persuadable

Etymology

From persuade plus the agent suffix -er; persuade is from Latin persuadere ('to convince'), from per- ('thoroughly') + suadere ('to advise, urge').

persuadere Latin suadere Latin

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# persuader

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** pərˈsweɪdər
**IPA (UK):** pəˈsweɪdə

## Meanings
1. a person or thing that convinces or induces someone to act

## Examples
- A discount proved the best persuader for hesitant buyers.

## Synonyms
- convincer
- inducer
- prompter
- advocate
- influencer
- exhorter

## Antonyms
- dissuader
- deterrent

## Related Forms
- persuade
- persuasion
- persuasive
- persuadable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: persuadere
- Root: suadere

## Etymology
From persuade plus the agent suffix -er; persuade is from Latin persuadere ('to convince'), from per- ('thoroughly') + suadere ('to advise, urge').

## AI Etymology
Persuader is from persuade plus the agent suffix -er; persuade is from Latin persuadere ('to convince'), from per- ('thoroughly') + suadere ('to advise, urge'). Important recorded forms include persuadere (Latin) and suadere (Latin). 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 a person or thing that convinces or induces someone to act. The wider family includes related words such as persuade, persuasion, persuasive, and persuadable.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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