Convince

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To bring by the use of argument or evidence to firm belief or a course of action. See Synonyms at persuade.
  • v. Obsolete To prove to be wrong or guilty.
  • v. Obsolete To conquer; overpower.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.
  • v. To overcome, conquer, vanquish.
  • v. To confute; to prove wrong.
  • v. To prove guilty; to convict.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master.
  • v. To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.
  • v. To confute; to prove the fallacy of.
  • v. To prove guilty; to convict.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To persuade or satisfy by argument or evidence; cause to believe in the truth of what is alleged; gain the credence of: as, to convince a man of his errors, or to convince him of the truth.
  • To evince; demonstrate; prove.
  • To refute; show to be wrong.
  • To overpower; conquer; vanquish.
  • To convict; prove or find guilty.
  • Synonyms Convince, Persuade. To convince a person is to satisfy his understanding as to the truth of a certain statement; to persuade him is, by derivation, to affect his will by motives; but it has long been used also for convince, as in Luke xx. 6, “they be persuaded that John was a prophet.” There is a marked tendency now to confine persuade to its own distinctive meaning.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make (someone) agree, understand, or realize the truth or validity of something
  • Verb Form
    convinced    convinces    convincing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    persuade   
    Hyponym
    disarm   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    convict    satisfy    persuade    confute    assure    possess    obsess    convert    win over   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ince    Prince    Vince    evince    lince    linse    mince    prince    quince    rinse   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    compel    satisfactory    plausible    conclusive    impressive    vivid    lucid    eloquent    realistic    straightforward