Another word for coax
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Verb
To persuade or try to persuade by gentle persistent urging or flattery
- Flattery; cajolery.
- A fluid or semifluid soap.
- Flattery; cajolery.
- To obtain through the use of flattery or guile:
- To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole:
- To use flattery or cajolery to achieve one's ends.
- A sweet yellowish or brownish viscid fluid produced by various bees from the nectar of flowers and used as food.
- A similar substance made by certain other insects.
- A sweet substance, such as nectar or syrup.
- To persuade by flattery, gentle pleading, or insincere language:
- To elicit or obtain by flattery, gentle pleading, or insincere language:
- To use flattery, pleading, or insincere language in an attempt to persuade someone to do something:
- To coax by flattery or wheedling; cajole.
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Another word for coax
Verb
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- A fluid or semifluid soap.
- Flattery; cajolery.
- Flattery; cajolery.
- To move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or another body part or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner:
- To influence or manage shrewdly or deviously:
- To tamper with or falsify for personal gain:
- To lead or move, as to a course of action, by influence or persuasion.
- To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of; cause:
- To infer by inductive reasoning.
- To deceive by guile or charm:
- To deprive (someone) of something by guile or deceit; cheat:
- To distract the attention of; divert:
- To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk:
- To obtain by cajolery:
- To force or drive forward or onward; impel.
- To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.
- To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for:
- To coax by flattery or wheedling; cajole.
- To obtain through the use of flattery or guile:
- To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole:
- To use flattery or cajolery to achieve one's ends.
- To persuade by flattery, gentle pleading, or insincere language:
- To elicit or obtain by flattery, gentle pleading, or insincere language:
- To use flattery, pleading, or insincere language in an attempt to persuade someone to do something:
- To cause (someone) to accept a point of view or to undertake a course of action by means of argument, reasoning, or entreaty:
Synonym Study
- Wheedle implies even more strongly the use of subtle flattery or craftily artful behavior in gaining one's ends
- Cajole suggests the use of flattery or other blandishments
- Coax suggests repeated attempts to persuade someone to do something and implies the use of soothing words, an ingratiating manner, etc.
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