persuade

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

1. win approval or support for (Freq. 17)
- Carry all before one
- His speech did not sway the voters
• Syn:
carry, sway
• Derivationally related forms:
sway (for: sway), persuasible, persuasive
• Hypernyms:
influence, act upon, work
• Verb Group:
carry
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action;
twist somebody's arm (Freq. 12)
- You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!
• Ant:
dissuade
• Derivationally related forms:
persuasible, persuasive, persuasion, persuader
• Hypernyms:
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
• Hyponyms:
hustle, bring round, bring around, badger, sell,
chat up, talk into, rope in, wheedle, cajole, palaver,
blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle, convert, win over,
convince, brainwash, assure, charm, influence, tempt,
prevail, drag, seduce, score, make
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- They persuade him to write the letter

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  carry, sway
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  dissuade, deter