suasible
- adjective
- /sweɪzəbl/
- The young prince was so suasible that his advisors often managed to sway his decisions.
Examples
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Because she was suasible, her friends convinced her to try new experiences.
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The villain targeted suasible minds in his plot to manipulate the kingdom.
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She is quite suasible when it comes to trying new ideas.
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Is he really that suasible?
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Her suasible nature made it easy for her friends to persuade her to join their adventures.
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The committee found the suasible voters were more likely to agree with persuasive arguments during the campaign.
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As a suasible student, he was often influenced by his classmates' opinions on what to study.
Synonyms
Willing to accept advice or follow rules
Easily influenced by what other people say
Open to change your mind when others give reasons
Easily accepts other people's ideas
Open to changing your mind when given good reasons
Likely to accept clear arguments or evidence
Easily persuaded to change their mind
Easy to persuade to support, like voters or customers
Antonyms
How Persuadable
Surface Forms
Morphology
suasible = persuade (opaque) = suas + ible
The form is built from a Latin suad-/suas- root plus -ible, but that root ('suas'/'suade') is rare in modern English and does not transparently map onto the familiar verb 'persuade' for most learners.
Etymology
The word suasible comes from the old Latin verb suadere, which means 'to persuade' and is the same root as persuade and dissuade. So if someone is suasible, they are 'able to be persuaded' or easily influenced by reason.