coaxing

Other forms of coaxing

plural

coaxings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about coaxing

What does coaxing mean?

coaxing means "flattery designed to gain favor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in coaxing?

coaxing has 2 syllables: coax-ing. The stress falls on "coax". In IPA it is /ˈkoʊksɪŋ/.

What is another word for coaxing?

Close synonyms include blarney, soft soap, sweet talk, ingratiatory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coaxing a common word?

coaxing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.