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persuadable

persuadable

3 4.6
Open to change your mind when others give reasons
  • adjective
  • /pərˈswādəbəl/
translation icon : persuadible
  • What can Romney say that persuadable voters have not heard before?
  • persuadable voters
  • persuadable people
  • persuadable or undecided

But if you had someone young, I guarantee this would be a large portion of your platform as you try and get persuadable voters on your side.

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Examples

  • But I'm persuadable in different directions to some degree.

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  • In 2008, 1 in 7 voters was persuadable at one time.

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  • Are they persuadable with deals?

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  • Well, certainly I'm persuadable about that...

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  • Which demonstrates that I, at least, am persuadable in almost any forum, as long as you argue your point well.

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  • It's not that hard to imagine an undecided or persuadable voter on the props.

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  • On the doors, volunteers talked to some newly registered Democrats, infrequent voters, and persuadable Nonpartisans and Republicans.

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  • Our focus must be twofold: get our message to the folks in the middle that are persuadable and, even more importantly, get our supporters to the polls in numbers so large the ignorant tea party types won't matter.

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  • Many young adults are persuadable when it comes to making important life decisions.

  • Politicians often target persuadable voters during campaigns to sway the election results.

Synonyms

suggestible
vspersuadable
7 7.0

Easily influenced by what other people say

is about being open to reasoned argument rather than passive suggestion
pliable
vspersuadable
3 5.4

Easily accepts other people's ideas

is about being open to argument, not about being obedient or led
biddable
vspersuadable
1 7.9

Willing to do what others tell them and easy to control

is openness to persuasion rather than simple readiness to obey orders
persuasible
vspersuadable
7.8

Open to changing your mind when given good reasons

is the more common modern spelling for the same idea
suasible
vspersuadable
9.9

Being easily persuaded by other people or by what they say

is the common, everyday way to express openness to persuasion
convincible
vspersuadable
6.5

Likely to accept clear arguments or evidence

is broader, open to persuasion by appeal as well as evidence
swayable
vspersuadable
7.0

Easily persuaded to change their mind

is general openness to persuasion, not limited to opinion shifts
wooable
vspersuadable
7.2

Easy to persuade to support, like voters or customers

is general openness to persuasion beyond seeking support or votes

Antonyms

11 4.7

Not willing to change or accept other ideas

Not able or willing to change your mind when others try to convince you

How Persuadable

gullible
65 4.2
suggestible
7 7.0
persuadable
3 4.6
resistant
20 4.3

Surface Forms

persuadable positive

Morphology

persuadable = persuade (transparent) = persuade + able

Formed by the verb 'persuade' plus the productive adjectival suffix '-able' meaning 'capable of being persuaded', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Persuadable comes from persuade, which has the parts per- 'through' and suadere 'to advise'. So a persuadable person is open to being persuaded, or easy to convince.