Dictionary

persuadable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English persuade Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English persuadable From persuade + -able.

Meanings

1. Able to be persuaded (convinced).
   • Near-synonyms: amenable; movable; reachable
   • ‘Once Lady Anna is here, the bridegroom will be mellow, persuadable, and you will press your advantage.’ 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 696:

Forms

Antonyms

impersuasible · unpersuadable · unconvinceable · unyielding · impersuadable · immovable · unmovable

Synonyms

persuasible · amenable · convinceable · reachable · movable

Translations (11)

ca persuasible (able to be persuaded) · it persuadibile (able to be persuaded) · fi taipuvainen (able to be persuaded) · pt persuasível (able to be persuaded) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍃 (able to be persuaded) · pl przekonywalny (able to be persuaded) · fi vakuuttuva (able to be persuaded) · es persuasible (able to be persuaded) · it persuasibile (able to be persuaded) · es persuasor (able to be persuaded) · pt persuadível (able to be persuaded)

persuadable en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English persuade Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English persuadable From persuade + -able.

Meanings

1. (plural-normally) Someone or something that can be persuaded.
   • The survey vindicated the politician's assertion that there were few persuadables among his constituents.
   • So when you're thinking about how does this affect the persuadables, which may be a small percentage of people out there, I think the most effective elements that we saw in this first hour for the persuadables were: William Barr and Ivanka Trump and that video of what really did happen in that attack on the Capitol, the viciousness of it, the violence of it, the planning of it, the relentlessness of it, and that, that is what Donald Trump refused to stop. 2022 June 9, Lawrence O'Donnell, 0:57 from the start, in 'He Didn't Make A Single Phone Call': Evidence Paints Picture Of Trump Inaction On Jan. 6, MSNBC:

Forms

Relateds

persuadability · unpersuadable · persuadableness · persuadably