persuader C2+ Topic:People & Society US /pərˈsweɪdər/ UK /pəˈsweɪdə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person or thing that convinces or induces someone to act A discount proved the best persuader for hesitant buyers. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person or thing that... convincerinducerprompteradvocateinfluencerexhorter ↔ Opposites dissuaderdeterrent Word family Related forms persuadepersuasionpersuasivepersuadable Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown