coax

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of COAX

to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery <trying to coax their father into taking them on a ski trip, the teens mentioned what a great skier he is>

Synonyms blandish, blarney, cajole, palaver, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle

Related Words adulate, flatter, overpraise; butter up, charm, massage, woo; beg, beseech, importune, urge; beguile, cozen, finagle, juggle, wangle, wile; entice, lure, seduce, tempt

Near Antonyms bug, harass, nag, pester, tease; browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, intimidate; coerce, compel, constrain, demand, force, make, oblige, require

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