Coax, cajole, wheedle, blandish mean to use ingratiating art in persuading or attempting to persuade.
Category: Synonyms
Coarse vs Vulgar vs Gross vs Obscene vs Ribald
Coarse, vulgar, gross, obscene, ribald are comparable when applied to persons, their language, or behavior and mean offensive to a person of good taste or moral principles.
Coagulate vs Congeal vs Set vs Curdle vs Clot vs Jelly vs Jell
Coagulate, congeal, set, curdle, clot, jelly, jell are comparable when meaning to form or cause to form a stiff mass that is solid or at least cohesive.
Clothes vs Clothing vs Dress vs Attire vs Apparel vs Raiment
Clothes, clothing, dress, attire, apparel, raiment are comparable when they denote a person’s garments considered collectively.
Clothe vs Attire vs Dress vs Apparel vs Array vs Robe
Apparel and array are chiefly literary words used when there is the intent to connote splendor, elegance, or gorgeousness in what a person or thing is clothed with.
Close vs Dense vs Compact vs Thick
Close, dense, compact, thick are comparable when they mean having constituent parts (as filaments, particles, cells, or atoms) that are massed tightly together.
Close vs Near vs Nigh vs Nearby
Close, near, nigh, nearby are comparable both as adjectives and as adverbs when they mean not far (as in place, time, or relationship) from the point, position, or relation that is indicated or understood.
Close vs End vs Conclude vs Finish vs Complete vs Terminate
Close, end, conclude, finish, complete, terminate are comparable as transitive verbs meaning to bring something to a stopping point or to its limit, or, with the exception of complete, as intransitive verbs meaning to come to that point.
Close vs Shut
Close, shut are very close synonyms in the sense of to stop or fill in an opening by means of a closure (as a door, a gate, a lid, or a cover) and are often used interchangeably.
Cloister vs Convent vs Monastery vs Nunnery vs Abbey vs Priory
Basically a monastery is a cloister for monks; in actual use it is often applied to a convent for men or occasionally for women who combine the cloistered life with teaching, preaching, or other work.
Clever vs Adroit vs Cunning vs Ingenious
Clever, adroit, cunning, ingenious are comparable when they mean having or showing a high degree of practical intelligence or of skill in contrivance.
Clear vs Perspicuous vs Lucid
Clear, perspicuous, lucid are comparable, as used in reference to qualities of thought or style with the meaning, quickly and easily understood.