Synonyms for dissuade
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To convince not to try or do.
Jane dissuaded Martha from committing suicide.
Forms
- Past participle
- dissuaded
e.g. dissuaded → deterred, discouraged, warned, admonished…
Example sentences
- warn I think Tom was trying to warn us about something.
- discourage Should Algeria discourage car use in large cities?
- deter Ukraine's drones failed to deter Russia's assault.
- admonish No words were able to admonish him.
- divert I tried to divert their attention without success.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dissuade | rising | |
| warn | rising | |
| discourage | falling | |
| deter | steady | |
| admonish | steady | |
| divert | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- warn1
- 5 letters
- deter2
- 6 letters
- divert2, unsell2, disway
- 7 letters
- caution2
- 8 letters
- admonish3
- 9 letters
- disadvise
- 10 letters
- discourage3
- 11 letters
- expostulate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deter2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dissuader
- Italiano
- dissuadere
- Español
- disuadir
- Deutsch
- abbringen
- Català
- dissuadir