All induce synonyms
inΒ·duce
I i verb induce
- urge β to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- activate β If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- prompt β done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- coax β If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
- bring about β To bring something about means to cause it to happen.
- breed β A breed of a pet animal or farm animal is a particular type of it. For example, terriers are a breed of dog.
- promote β to help or encourage to exist or flourish; further: to promote world peace.
- motivate β to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- produce β to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- persuade β to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- convince β If someone or something convinces you of something, they make you believe that it is true or that it exists.
- cause β a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- generate β to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- abet β If one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong. Abet is often used in the legal expression 'aid and abet'.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- actuate β If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
- bulldoze β If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- make β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- cajole β If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time.
- sway β to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- instigate β to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- draw β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- wheedle β to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- influence β the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- effect β something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- procure β to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- sweet-talk β to use cajoling words.
- squeeze β to press forcibly together; compress.
- impel β to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- occasion β a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- incite β to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- goose β any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- soft-soap β Informal. to cajole; flatter.
- encourage β Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- tempt β to entice or allure to do something often regarded as unwise, wrong, or immoral.
- bring β If you bring someone or something with you when you come to a place, they come with you or you have them with you.
- engender β Cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).
- bring on β If something brings on an illness, pain, or feeling, especially one that you often suffer from, it causes you to have it.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- stimulate β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- bring around β If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
- get up β an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
- draw in β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- give rise to β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- set in motion β prompt, cause to begin
- suck in β to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- talk into β persuade