convert | Definition of convert

convert

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of convert

1 to persuade to change to one's religious faith

young missionaries who go door-to-door trying to convert people

Synonyms of convert

proselyte, proselytize

Words Related to convert

brainwash, influence, sway

Near Antonyms of convert

2 to change in form, appearance, or use

the old factory was converted into an apartment building

Synonyms of convert

alchemize, make over, metamorphose, transfigure, transform, transmute, transpose, transubstantiate

Words Related to convert

adjust, alter, modify, recast

redefine, redesign, redo, reengineer, refashion, regenerate, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary

deform, disfigure, distort, mutate, transmogrify

displace, replace, substitute, supplant

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

many who used to insist that global warming was a myth have since been converted

Synonyms of convert

argue, bring, bring around, convince, gain, get, induce, move, persuade, prevail (on or upon), satisfy, talk (into), win (over)

Words Related to convert

blandish, blarney, cajole, coax, entreat, exhort, fast-talk, urge, wheedle

allure, beguile, lead on, lure, seduce, snow, tempt

brainwash, overpersuade

incline, influence, move, prompt, sell, sway

attract, draw, entice, interest

chew over, converse, debate, discuss, dispute, hash (over), moot

Near Antonyms of convert

deter, discourage, dissuade, unsell

4 to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right

the bailee converted the goods to his own use

Synonyms of convert

appropriate, arrogate, commandeer, expropriate, pirate, preempt, press, seize, take over, usurp

Words Related to convert

annex, attach, claim, confiscate, impound, repossess, sequester

assume, collar, grab, grasp, snatch, steal, wrench, wrest

despoil, loot, pillage

encroach, infringe, invade, occupy, preoccupy, trespass

embezzle, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, peculate