persuaded

• affected
• allured
• argued
• attracted
• beguiled
• biased
• blandished
• blarneyed
• brainwashed
• brought
• brought around
• cajoled
• chewed over
• coaxed
• colored
• concerned
• conversed
• converted
• convinced
• debated
• discussed
• disputed
• distorted
• drew
• enticed
• entreated
• exhorted
• fast-talked
• gained
• got
• hostile
• inclined
• induced
• influenced
• inimical
• interested
• jaundiced
• led on
• lured
• misrepresented
• mooted
• moved
• one-sided
• overpersuaded
• parti pris
• partial
• partisan
• predisposed
• prejudiced
• prepossessed
• prompted
• satisfied
• seduced
• shaded
• snowed
• sold
• swayed
• tempted
• unfriendly
• unsympathetic
• urged
• warped
• wheedled

• aloof
• apathetic
• autonomous
• bipartisan
• cold
• detached
• deterred
• discouraged
• disinterested
• dispassionate
• dissuaded
• distant
• equal
• equitable
• evenhanded
• fair
• hardheaded
• honest
• impartial
• impersonal
• incurious
• independent
• indifferent
• just
• neutral
• nonpartisan
• objective
• open
• open-minded
• persuasible
• reasonable
• receptive
• remote
• unbiased
• unconcerned
• uncurious
• unemotional
• unenthusiastic
• uninterested
• unprejudiced
• unsold

• verb
  1. To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.
  2. To convince of by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe (something).
  3. To urge, plead; to try to convince (someone to do something).

• She finally persuaded her parents to let her study abroad.
• He persuaded his friend to try a new restaurant.
• They persuaded the committee to approve the proposal.
• I was persuaded to buy the book after reading the reviews.
• The lawyer persuaded the jury with strong evidence.

gained

had

laid down

paid off

baited

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