Synonyms of induce

induce

verb

in-ˈdüs 

1

as in to cause

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

the medication induced labor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cause
• create
• generate
• bring
• prompt
• produce
• do
• yield
• invoke
• spawn
• work
• make
• effectuate
• effect
• catalyze
• engender
• encourage
• result (in)
• bring about
• translate (into)
• draw on
• beget
• promote
• introduce
• give rise to
• found
• breed
• initiate
• bring on
• bring forth
• occasion
• establish
• contribute (to)
• determine
• develop
• begin
• inaugurate
• cultivate
• decide
• foster
• enact
• launch
• render
• start
• pioneer
• institute
• forward
• further
• conduce (to)
• set up
• set
• advance
• nurture
• innovate
• nourish
• turn out
• father

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restrict
• impede
• limit
• suppress
• stifle
• quash
• subdue
• repress
• inhibit
• quell
• restrain
• dampen
• smother
• crush
• control
• curb
• check
• arrest
• put down
• retard
• kill
• can
• squelch
• rein (in)
• destroy
• abolish
• crack down (on)
• squash
• extinguish
• liquidate
• still
• clamp down (on)
• quench
• demolish
• snuff (out)

2

as in to persuade

to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests

finally induced the eyewitness to the gangland slaying to cooperate with the police

Synonyms & Similar Words

• persuade
• convince
• satisfy
• bring
• get
• urge
• attract
• convert
• gain
• move
• talk (into)
• prevail (on or upon)
• argue
• win (over)
• coax
• entice
• seduce
• prompt
• tempt
• lure
• cajole
• bring around
• exhort
• entreat
• sell
• wheedle
• influence
• beguile
• sway
• lead on
• discuss
• brainwash
• incline
• draw
• allure
• interest
• blandish
• snow
• converse
• fast-talk
• overpersuade
• debate
• blarney
• dispute
• reason (with)
• moot
• chew over
• hash (over)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deter
• discourage
• dissuade
• unsell

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of induce

Cameron later worked around two hits and induced a second double play. —Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026

These branches receive molecular signals at one end of a neuron and induce the cell to rapidly fire an electrical charge that ripples down the cell body, known as an action potential. —Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026

Noribogaine reportedly does not induce the intense, hourslong and sometimes emotionally upsetting high associated with ibogaine. —Erika Edwards, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026

Most people require medication to induce and maintain remission, says Dyckman, but overall diet quality may help reduce the risk of relapse. —Mark Marino, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026