Definition
to gently persuade someone to do something
In a sentence
“He coaxed his little brother into helping with the dishes.”
Similar words
- persuade
- wheedle
Related vocabulary
Why this word matters: coax appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.