What is another word for convinces?

Pronunciation: [kənvˈɪnsɪz] (IPA)

Convinces is a word that means to persuade someone tobelieve or agree with something. There are several synonyms for the word convince, including convince, persuade, assure, satisfy, influence, and sway. Persuade implies working on someone's thinking by logical reasoning or appeal to the emotions. Assure has a meaning of removing doubts or fears, giving trust and confidence. Satisfy implies a need for proof, evidence or facts to feel convinced. Influence suggests a less direct approach to making someone agree. Sway implies the use of personal charm or sense of power to manipulate beliefs. Each of these synonyms carries a slightly different connotation but all involve trying to change someone's mind about something.

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Usage examples for Convinces

Anybody who'd do something that convinces all his friends he's nuts must be nuts.
"The Foreign Hand Tie"
Gordon Randall Garrett
"We find the prisoner guilty, my Lords," said Repton; "but we recommend him to mercy, as his manner on this occasion convinces us it is a first offence."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Do you believe I am your dream come true with the same matter-of-fact belief which convinces you that there is a ferry in the river?
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe

Famous quotes with Convinces

  • Agnosticism has nothing to impart. Its sermons are the exhortations of one who convinces you he stands on nothing and urges you to stand there too.
    Anna Julia Cooper
  • You can meet a young person who goes to school and is really enthusiastic, but if a sufficiently strong personality convinces them that this is a waste of time, that person might flunk out.
    Stanley Crouch
  • In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to whom the idea first occurs.
    Francis Darwin
  • My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
    Thomas Jefferson
  • What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.
    Lyndon B. Johnson

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