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persuade has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 2 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is dissuade.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
“You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for persuade come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.