encourage

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to persuade someone to do something
persuadeIf she doesn't want to do it, nothing you say will persuade her.
convinceThe lawyer convinced the jury of the man's innocence.
talk someone intoShe managed to talk me into going along.
talk someone out ofI think I've talked him out of leaving the country.
dissuadeI tried to dissuade her from leaving.
cajoleHe really knows how to cajole people into doing what he wants.
Clever salesmanship can persuade you to buy things you don't really want.巧妙的销售术能说服你购买自己实际上不想要的东西。
We only need one more player for this game - can you persuade your sister to join in?我们这项比赛只差一个选手——你能说服你姐姐参加吗？
I have a suspicion that he only asked me out because my brother persuaded him to.我怀疑是我哥哥说服他约我出去的。
Johnson was influential in persuading the producers to put money into the film.
She used her womanly charms to persuade him to change his mind.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Urging & persuading
ambulance-chasing
argumentation
badger
be/go on at someoneidiom
blag
blagger
get (something) through (to someone)
go on
hortatory
hustle
incitation
incitement
jockey
sales pitch
sway
uncoerced
unconvinced
unpersuaded
unpersuasive
unsalable

Examples of persuading

persuading

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The issue now was not just citizen competence, but persuading citizens of the viability of democracy in a time of crisis.
He seemed to think he was persuading me about monetary union.
Moreover, though some motives are mutually reinforcing, others are contradictory: treating discussion as an opportunity for persuading others, for example, can conflict with educating oneself.
It also uniquely examines the role that allotment payments played in persuading farmers to invest in tractors and combined harvester-thresher ownership.
Persuading local inhabitants to give support voluntarily means that guerrillas must either adapt their message to local beliefs, or educate civilians to change their preferences.
As costs decrease, the percentage of a candidate's budget devoted to persuading potential uncommitted voters through television and radio advertising should increase.
The most effective way of persuading an individual to stop is advice from a health professional.
It would be on this basis that a theodicy could serve as a means of persuading a non-theist to become a theist.
It signifies the success of dominant classes in persuading others to accept and internalise their views, values, and norms.
As a more complex writing task, knowledge-transforming requires writers to engage in the rhetorical act of persuading readers of their work's value, significance, and credibility.
They include having a good idea, spending time persuading and having an honest broker.
It is an approach that has been effective in persuading a wider readership, but has typically left policy-makers and their scientific and economic advisers cold.
The editors have done well in persuading researchers with extensive experience with particular techniques to produce the protocols.
He lectured throughout the country, successfully persuading the public to contribute money.
This can therefore be a factor in persuading some women not to enter politics.
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