ingratiatory

Questions about ingratiatory

What does ingratiatory mean?

ingratiatory means "pleasingly persuasive or intended to persuade". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ingratiatory?

ingratiatory has 6 syllables: in-gra-ti-a-to-ry. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for ingratiatory?

Close synonyms include coaxing, ingratiating, insinuating. 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 ingratiatory a common word?

ingratiatory 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.