"persuadable" meaning in English

See persuadable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more persuadable [comparative], most persuadable [superlative]
Etymology: From persuade + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|persuade|able}} persuade + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} persuadable (comparative more persuadable, superlative most persuadable)
  1. Able to be persuaded or convinced. Synonyms: amenable Translations (able to be persuaded): persuasible (Catalan), vakuuttuva (Finnish), taipuvainen (Finnish), 𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍃 (gaƕairbs) (Gothic), persuasibile (Italian), persuadibile (Italian), przekonywalny (Polish), persuadível (Portuguese), persuasível (Portuguese), persuasor (Spanish), persuasible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-persuadable-en-adj-ADaEitIQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 74 26 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 51 49

Noun

Forms: persuadables [plural]
Etymology: From persuade + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|persuade|able}} persuade + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} persuadable (plural persuadables)
  1. (usually in the plural) Someone or something that can be persuaded. Tags: plural-normally Related terms: persuadability, persuadably, persuadableness, unpersuadable
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