persuade

Other forms of persuade

past tense

persuaded·

present participle

persuading·

third person

persuades·

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 persuade

What does persuade mean?

persuade means "win approval or support for". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in persuade?

persuade has 2 syllables: per-suade. The stress falls on "suade". In IPA it is /pɚˈsweɪd/.

What is another word for persuade?

Close synonyms include carry, sway. 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.

What is the opposite of persuade?

The recorded antonyms are dissuade.

Is persuade a common word?

persuade is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with persuade?

3 words rhyme with persuade. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.