coax

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Definition

verb. to persuade someone gently to do something.

Example Sentence

Did you have to coax the puppy to come inside?

More Example Sentences

She tried to coax him to eat dinner.

Synonyms

persuade; entice; lure

Antonyms

force; compel; coerce

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Rhymes

  • blokes
  • chokes
  • cloaks
  • coax
  • coke's
  • cokes
  • croaks
  • folkes
  • folks
  • folks' hoax
  • jokes
  • kokes
  • mokes
  • noakes
  • nokes
  • oak's
  • oakes
  • oaks
  • oaks'
  • ochs
  • pokes
  • polk's
  • smokes
  • soaks
  • spokes
  • stokes
  • strokes
  • vokes
  • yokes
  • yolks

  • evokes
  • invokes
  • provokes