✅ Cajole means to persuade someone to do something, often through flattery or by making promises (They cajoled the guard into letting them enter).

✅ Blandish means to coax or influence someone to do something through flattery (He tried to blandish his boss into letting him go home early by complimenting his tie).

✅ Blandish suggests a more subtle persuasion than cajole but is less commonly used.

I know someone as smart as you would want to check out these synonyms for blandish!

✅ To reword something means to take something spoken or written and put it into different words while expressing the same meaning (I reworded the sentence so that it read more smoothly).

✅ To paraphrase something means to take a piece of text or statement and to put it in different words, especially in order to make something clearer (I paraphrased his argument).

✅ Paraphrase is often used when you can’t remember the original phrasing of an idea or argument but do remember the meaning, and so you express the idea in your own words. It can also be used when you have to change the grammar or structure of a passage or quote.

✅ Reword is used when you express something in clearer words, especially to make it more understandable or more suitable to your needs.

Want more word fun? Join us for Dictionary Week!

✅ Define means to give a description of something, especially a description that identifies the nature of something or its essential qualities (We had to define the problem before we could solve it).

✅ Characterize means to describe the character of something or someone, or to describe some individual quality (She characterized her friends as supportive and kind).

✅ Define particularly means to give an accurate, neutral description (He defined the duties involved in the job).

✅ Characterize particularly suggests giving a description that includes personal, subjective opinions (He characterized the job as stressful but exciting).

Want more word fun? Join us for Dictionary Week!