CONVERTS Synonyms: 196 Similar and Opposite Words

converts 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of convert

as in influences

to persuade to change to one's religious faith young missionaries who go door-to-door trying to convert people

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as in transforms

to change in form, appearance, or use the old factory was converted into an apartment building

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as in persuades

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

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as in seizes

to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right the bailee converted the goods to his own use

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noun

plural of convert

as in recruits

a person who has recently been persuaded to join a religious sect the converts were the most vocal and fervent worshippers in the church

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as in adherents

one who follows the opinions or teachings of another the British biologist T. H. Huxley was one of the earliest converts to Darwin's theory of evolution

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The model normally converts a user’s spoken instructions into a sequence of actions that the robot can execute. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026 The low-dropout regulator which converts battery voltage into a steady supply is specifically engineered to avoid adding noise. — New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026 The glasses project light onto 378 pixels in the implant, which converts those light patterns into an electrical current that stimulates the retina’s bipolar cells. — Erica Sweeney, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Finally, the 1 Pro+ has a Real3D mode that converts 2D video signals to 3D by processing the image to add depth. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 Los Angeles also converts only about 53% of red-zone trips into touchdowns, despite producing substantial yardage. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System converts unguided rockets into precision munitions that can be employed for purposes including shooting down drones, thereby avoiding the use of costly missiles to shoot down comparatively cheap aircraft. — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026 Your body converts this antioxidant to vitamin A, which supports immune, skin, and eye health. — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2026 Denying the incident or moving to an offensive posture converts a complaint about a product into a statement about character—and that’s much harder to walk back. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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Once the lease fully converts, Rayonier could receive 5 times to 10 times its timberland EBITDA on the same land, with recent transactions priced at $10,000 to $20,000 per acre. — Sebastien Chasse, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 This latest project converts earlier plans into firm contracts. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 The most travelers can earn converts to a 216 dirham ($59) voucher at Dubai Duty Free, and is nowhere close to a cabin upgrade. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026 That unexpected fandom has grown over the past two years, with unlikely converts taking to the internet’s alleyways to spread the good word—and, in the process, annoying the doubters. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026 In the alkaline stream, calcium in the seawater converts CO₂ into calcium carbonate, the durable compound seashells are made of. — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Tryptophan is the amino acid your body converts into serotonin and, eventually, melatonin. — Patsy Anthony, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026 These women — cradle Catholics and converts, former nuns, teachers, hospice chaplains, counselors, spouses, mothers, grandmothers — say their defiance is the fulfillment of a vocation, no different than the call answered by their male counterparts. — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 Potential converts must first find their way to her shiny space atop an ’80s-era battleship of a shopping complex on San Vicente Boulevard. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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Reliability also influences the obligations that an AI system must perform following the production of an answer.

— Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Feel aside, a mattress also influences the look and proportions of your bedroom.

— Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of influences

Verb

Magnesium in the stream then transforms CO₂ added to the water in a tank into bicarbonate before returning to the ocean.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The potential scale made possible by Andermatt’s exceptional planning freedoms, meanwhile, transforms what is achievable.

— Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of transforms

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Fielder persuades Holmes to watch it for the first time, on a laptop in the couple’s bed.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
While posing artfully in the store’s shop window, Klara catches the eye of Josie (Mia Tharia), who persuades her mother Chrissie (Amy Adams) to buy her as a companion.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of persuades

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Sid is smart enough to sniff this out, and the show seizes the opportunity to raise the romantic stakes through an adorably British expression of mutual libidinousness.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
That reporting revealed that the state frequently seizes money from legal settlements stemming from medical malpractice, police brutality, workplace injury and other wrongful death lawsuits.

— Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of seizes

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The report concludes that Russia violated the recruits’ fundamental human rights, including the rights to life, freedom, health, and to be treated humanely.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Never mind the rows of recruits at Saturday’s victory, and forget for a moment about the fans who are slowly finding their way back to the Rose Bowl for Bruins football games.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of recruits

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Since the administration kicked off its anti-AI doomerism social media campaign, taking particular aim at EA and its adherents’ belief that AI carries a high risk of ending humanity—anti-AI sentiment seems to have grown.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
When brutal rationalism is challenged, especially by traditionalists, its defenders will often justify themselves by pointing to the intelligence of its adherents.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of adherents

Verb

There’s a real opportunity in the fourth episode to do something fun, or at least interesting, when Tyson convinces Russ to join him in smoking hallucinatory toad venom, but no flair or flourishes emerge.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
Costner cited a scene in which Dunbar introduces the Lakota tribe to coffee and convinces them to partake by sweetening it heavily.

— Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

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