Standard Lemma guide

persuadable

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: P ER0 S W EY1 D AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be persuaded (convinced).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: amenable; movable; reachable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: persuasible, convinceable, amenable, movable, reachable

Antonyms: impersuadable, impersuasible, unpersuadable, unconvinceable, immovable, unmovable, unyielding

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone or something that can be persuaded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural-normally

Examples

  • The survey vindicated the politician's assertion that there were few persuadables among his constituents.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

being susceptible to persuasion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: convincible, persuasible, suasible

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: persuasible — able to be persuaded
  • Finnish: vakuuttuva — able to be persuaded
  • Finnish: taipuvainen — able to be persuaded
  • Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍃 (gaƕairbs) — able to be persuaded
  • Italian: persuasibile — able to be persuaded
  • Italian: persuadibile — able to be persuaded
  • Polish: przekonywalny — able to be persuaded
  • Portuguese: persuadível — able to be persuaded
  • Portuguese: persuasível — able to be persuaded
  • Spanish: persuasor — able to be persuaded
  • Spanish: persuasible — able to be persuaded