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persuade

How many syllables in persuade?

  2 syllables

Divide persuade into syllables:   per-suade
Stressed syllable in persuade:   per-suade
How to pronounce persuade:   per-sweyd
How to say persuade:

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Synonyms for persuade


1 syllable
  • bribe
  • get
  • push
  • woo
  • coax
  • move
  • sway
2 syllables
  • argue
  • cajole
  • convince
  • plead with
  • wheedle
  • brainwash
  • coerce
  • entice
  • reason
3 syllables
  • encourage
  • finagle
  • plead your case
  • win over
5 syllables
  • change somebody's mind
    6 syllables
    • sell something to someone
      7 syllables
      • make somebody believe you
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        What rhymes with persuade

        1 syllable
        • Ade
        • aide
        • bayed
        • braid
        • cade
        • fade
        • flayed
        • gade
        • grade
        • hade
        • lade
        • made
        • paid
        • played
        • preyed
        • rayed
        • shade
        • slae
        • spaid
        • sprayed
        • staid
        • strayed
        • swayed
        • trade
        • waid
        • aid
        • bade
        • blade
        • brayed
        • dade
        • fayed
        • frayed
        • glade
        • grayed
        • jade
        • laid
        • maid
        • payed
        • prayed
        • raid
        • schade
        • slade
        • spade
        • spayed
        • stade
        • stayed
        • suede
        • they'd
        • wade
        • weighed
        2 syllables
        • abrade
        • air raid
        • arcade
        • Band-Aid
        • Belgrade
        • blockade
        • bridesmaid
        • brocade
        • charade
        • cliched
        • conveyed
        • crocheted
        • crusade
        • decayed
        • delayed
        • displayed
        • downgrade
        • eyeshade
        • first aid
        • glissade
        • grenade
        • home-made
        • housemaid
        • invade
        • low-grade
        • manmade
        • milkmaid
        • navaid
        • nursemaid
        • okayed
        • outweighed
        • pervade
        • pomade
        • postpaid
        • remade
        • replayed
        • sayed
        • sea-maid
        • spadebone
        • sueded
        • surveyed
        • tirade
        • twayblade
        • unbraid
        • unmade
        • unswayed
        • upgrade
        • afraid
        • allayed
        • arrayed
        • barmaid
        • betrayed
        • bondmaid
        • brigade
        • cascade
        • clichéd
        • cockade
        • corrade
        • cross-trade
        • decade
        • degrade
        • dismayed
        • dissuade
        • evade
        • fair-trade
        • forbade
        • granade
        • handmade
        • homemade
        • inlaid
        • limeade
        • man-made
        • mermaid
        • mislaid
        • nightshade
        • obeyed
        • old maid
        • parade
        • plain-laid
        • portrayed
        • prepaid
        • repaid
        • sauteed
        • scalade
        • self-made
        • stockade
        • sunshade
        • switchblade
        • torsade
        • twice-laid
        • unlade
        • unpaid
        • upbraid
        3 syllables
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