persuasible

7.8

Open to changing your mind when given good reasons

adjective
/pərˈsweɪzəbl/

: persuasible

Children are often more persuasible than adults when it comes to advertising.

Examples

The committee found him persuasible on most points, especially after new evidence was presented.
Don't be so persuasible with every advertisement you see!
Her persuasible nature made her a valuable mediator in disputes.
She is very persuasible.
Children are often more persuasible than adults when it comes to advertising.
Her persuasible nature made her a valuable mediator in disputes.
The committee found him persuasible on most points, especially after new evidence was presented.

Synonyms

gullible

vspersuasible

65 4.2

Easily persuaded to believe things that are not true

means easy to persuade but without implying gullibility or being tricked

impressionable

vspersuasible

31 5.4

A person who is easily influenced by other people's ideas, especially when young

covers easy persuasion at any age, not only youthful sensitivity

suggestible

vspersuasible

7 7.0

Easily influenced by what other people say

is persuadable by reasons or appeals rather than just suggestions

persuadable

vspersuasible

3 4.6

Open to change your mind when others give reasons

is the same idea but expressed with a different form

pliable

vspersuasible

3 5.4

Easily accepts other people's ideas

focuses on openness to persuasion rather than being passively led

ductile

vspersuasible

Formal

1 8.1

Easily influenced by other people

describes simple susceptibility to persuasion without implying character traits

convincible

vspersuasible

6.5

Likely to accept clear arguments or evidence

is similar but stated more generally as being open to persuasion

suasible

vspersuasible

9.9

Being easily persuaded by other people or by what they say

means the same but is the common, everyday expression

swayable

vspersuasible

7.0

Easily persuaded to change their mind

refers more broadly to being open to persuasion in general

wooable

vspersuasible

7.2

Easy to persuade to support, like voters or customers

is about being open to persuasion in any situation, not only gaining support

Antonyms

unpersuadable

8.5

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

How Persuadable

gullible

65 4.2

suggestible

7 7.0

persuasible

7.8

skeptical

286 4.2

resistant

20 4.3

Surface Forms

persuasible positive

Morphology

persuasible = persuade (semi-transparent) = persuas + ible

The meaning is fairly predictable from 'persuade' plus an adjectival suffix, but the stem change to 'persuas-' and the learned form '-ible' reduce transparency for many learners.

Etymology

The word persuasible is made from persuade and the ending -ible, which means 'able'. Persuade comes from an old word meaning 'to advise' or 'to win someone over', so persuasible literally means 'able to be persuaded' and describes someone who can be easily convinced.