verb
to influence or persuade by artful ingratiation
coaxed her friend to help her with her work
Synonyms: ||barter, blandish, blarney, cajole, con, soft-soap, sweet-talk, wheedle
Related Word: pester, plague, tease; importune, press, urge; get, induce, persuade, prevail; entice, inveigle, lure, tempt; butter (up)
Contrasted words: coerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige; browbeat, bulldoze, cow, intimidate
Antonyms: bully