persuade

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.

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
sucker
sway
uncoerced
unconvinced
unpersuaded
unpersuasive
unsalable

dissuade | American Dictionary

dissuade
verb[ T ]
us/dɪˈsweɪd/
to persuade someone not to do something:
The group hopes to dissuade Congress from cutting funds for health programs.

Examples of dissuade

dissuade
I have seen other martial arts instructors use similar stratagems to dissuade unwanted students.
However, the 'land to the tiller' script was still powerful enough to dissuade the parties from pushing through the change fearing a political backlash.
Women were not to enter the public sphere, and married women in particular were to be dissuaded from working outside the home.
Missionaries often used references to her children when attempting to dissuade a widow from the pyre.
Although appeal to the risks of change may dampen winners' support for reforms, appeals to risk may not dissuade losers from wanting change.
If the industry fails to address their use of older negative stereotypes, they risk alienating the rapidly growing older market and dissuading younger consumers.
He admitted to an interest in physics, though his teacher dissuaded him from pursuing avenues in this direction.
It can also be a warning (a directive) to dissuade one from an act.
The existence of the constitutional secular norm seems to have dissuaded political parties and senior state officials from openly siding with one or other religion.
Yet, using co-payments to dissuade patients to stop using medications with marginal clinical value seems problematic given that patients are not fully informed.
Nevertheless, the complexity of a process should not dissuade us from considering it.
While some parts have been updated, overall this is just a reissue but don't let that dissuade you from giving the book a chance.
At the same time, the enlightened socialist child would contribute to dissuade the older generation from outmoded habits.
Or attempt to dissuade the patient from taking the expensive drug while suggesting more cost-effective alternatives?
The nature of the legal process may therefore dissuade potential claimants and limit the potential benefits of litigation.
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