Thesaurus / wiling
other words for wiling
- appeal to
- bring
- captivate
- draw
- engage
- entice
- fascinate
- interest
- intrigue
- invite
- kill
- send
- allure
- bait
- beckon
- beguile
- bewitch
- charm
- court
- drag
- enchant
- endear
- enthrall
- entrance
- grab
- hook
- induce
- inveigle
- lure
- magnetize
- pull
- score
- seduce
- slay
- solicit
- spellbind
- steer
- tempt
- vamp
- wow
- come on
- exert influence
- freak out
- give the come-on
- go over big
- knock dead
- knock out
- make a hit with
- mousetrap
- rope in
- suck in
- turn on
- wile
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opposites of wiling
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Miss Miller, I'm so anxious to start bee-culture that I'm wiling to run back and bring a hive here!
THE WOODCRAFT GIRLS AT CAMPLILLIAN ELIZABETH ROY
This night, as I sat beside him, wiling him to sleep, for he always had trouble sleeping—a most wakeful man!
1492MARY JOHNSTON
Jemima remembered, with smouldered anger, Ruth's pleading way of wiling her from her sullenness the night before.
RUTHELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELL
I sent the information to Hamees, who replied that they had got a clue to the man who was wiling away their slaves from them.