When Nkem stepped forward to ask him a question, he made a dissuasive gesture with his gun, making Nkem jump back immediately.
Source: wiktionary
Dissuasive
//dɪˈsweɪzɪv//
Synonyms for "dissuasive" (5 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (1)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (2)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 4 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- dissuasiu adj (tending to dissuade)
Italian
1 entries- dissuasivo adj (tending to dissuade)
Manx
1 entries- anchoyrlagh adj (tending to dissuade)
Spanish
2 entries- disuasivo adj (tending to dissuade)
- disuasorio adj (tending to dissuade)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Among other particulars which constituted the unfitness of things in Mr Square's opinion, danger and difficulty were two. The difficulty therefore which he apprehended there might be in corrupting this young wench, and the danger which would accrue to his character on the discovery, were such strong dissuasives, that it is probable he at first intended to have contented himself with the pleasing ideas which the sight of beauty furnishes us with.
Source: wiktionary
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.