persuader

noun

Definition of persuadernext
1
as in proponent

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2
as in inducer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for persuader
  1. proponent
  2. inducer
  3. promoter
  4. advocate
  5. booster
  6. apostle
  7. supporter
  8. champion
Noun
  • Lately, proponents of the cull have pointed to a 2023 study by researchers from the Animal and Plant Health Agency, which seemed to show a reduction in bovine tuberculosis.
    Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Hours before this year’s legislative session formally began, proponents of school vouchers had already embarked on their push for what is likely to be one of the most contested topics in Idaho over the coming months.
    Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of proponent
Noun
  • Because Lost had not yet trained us to expect such surprises, this was a genuine gasp inducer.
    Jen Chaney, Vulture, 4 July 2024
  • For the first two years of analysis, I was consumed with feelings of reproach and even hatred against my parents, seeing them as all-culpable vehicles and inducers of neurotic misery.
    Oliver Sacks, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of inducer
Noun
  • Fury’s legendary promoter, Frank Warren, seemed to take the announcement in stride.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • This was just the latest in a series of moves—including elevating former Republican operative Joel Kaplan to chief global affairs officer and adding combat-sports promoter Dana White to Meta’s board—that seem to indicate the company is vying to get into the good graces of the new administration.
    Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of promoter
Noun
  • Some legislators and advocates say faster results would allow less time for misinformation about election administration to take hold.
    Ashley Lopez, NPR, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Also, a coalition of patients, doctors and advocates plan to gather outside the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to highlight the human impact of care denials by health insurers.
    Tami Luhby, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of advocate
Noun
  • The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The goal of the mission is to land New Glenn's first-stage booster on a floating platform in the Atlantic about 10 minutes after liftoff, while the rocket's second stage continues toward orbit.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of booster
Noun
  • Erastus Snow was an apostle from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in charge of Arizona colonization.
    Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The other day, The Athletic’s Duncan Alexander — an analytics apostle if ever there was one — got talking with a data denier in a pub.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of apostle
Noun
  • Henry could have followed the French practice of appointing judges who effectively made the decisions to favor supporters and punish enemies.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Carrie Underwood’s decision to perform at Donald Trump’s inauguration next week has found an unlikely supporter in Whoopi Goldberg.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of supporter
Noun
  • The comeback album featured Jon Bon Jovi, Fantasia, Sting, Sheila E., Mariah Carey, and one of Moore’s biggest musical champions, Bruce Springsteen.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Dan has long been a vital voice in The Baltimore Sun and a fierce champion of our city and state.
    Trif Alatzas, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of champion
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