Synonyms of induces

induces

verb

present tense third-person singular of induce

1

as in creates

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

the medication induced labor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• creates
• causes
• generates
• brings
• prompts
• produces
• does
• spawns
• invokes
• catalyzes
• yields
• works
• engenders
• makes
• begets
• effects
• encourages
• effectuates
• brings about
• promotes
• translates (into)
• brings on
• draws on
• gives rise to
• results (in)
• introduces
• brings forth
• occasions
• breeds
• initiates
• establishes
• contributes (to)
• determines
• begins
• inaugurates
• fosters
• founds
• develops
• cultivates
• launches
• decides
• starts
• renders
• enacts
• conduces (to)
• furthers
• nourishes
• institutes
• fathers
• nurtures
• sets up
• turns out
• innovates
• sets
• advances
• pioneers
• forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restricts
• impedes
• limits
• suppresses
• inhibits
• represses
• stifles
• dampens
• subdues
• controls
• restrains
• smothers
• arrests
• crushes
• curbs
• reins (in)
• squashes
• retards
• kills
• checks
• puts down
• destroys
• quells
• squelches
• abolishes
• quashes
• extinguishes
• quenches
• clamps down (on)
• cracks down (on)
• cans
• liquidates
• demolishes
• stills
• snuffs (out)

2

as in persuades

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

finally induced the eyewitness to the gangland slaying to cooperate with the police

Synonyms & Similar Words

• persuades
• convinces
• satisfies
• brings
• gets
• urges
• attracts
• converts
• argues
• moves
• wins (over)
• talks (into)
• coaxes
• prevails (on or upon)
• gains
• brings around
• entices
• prompts
• seduces
• tempts
• exhorts
• entreats
• sells
• lures
• cajoles
• influences
• allures
• wheedles
• beguiles
• sways
• leads on
• brainwashes
• discusses
• draws
• inclines
• snows
• interests
• blandishes
• converses
• overpersuades
• blarneys
• fast-talks
• moots
• debates
• disputes
• hashes (over)
• reasons (with)
• chews over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discourages
• deters
• dissuades
• unsells

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of induces

While the Blue Demon induces perceptual disorientation, the Rooster privileges visual attention and the architectural discipline of gaze. — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

The drug induces a powerful loss of personal identity and a brief but total dissolution of time and space. — Ryan Sullivan, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Spotting even one Bolide in the wild is incredibly rare; seeing a pack of them hurtling down the circuit’s main straight induces goose bumps. — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2026

One of the women, Max’s mentor, Herschel, induces him to go to Malta, to work on a collection by a local poet, Ana. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Perfecting the work inch by inch, writing from the first word toward the last, displays the courage and fear this method induces. — James Folta, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2026

Like most psychedelics, psilocybin’s effects are the result of interactions with a specific type of serotonin receptor in the brain, which both triggers the characteristic hallucinations and euphoria and induces neural plasticity. — Mike McRae 19, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026

Under Nevada law, someone who aids or abets a crime—or encourages, hires, commands, or otherwise induces another person to commit it—can be prosecuted as a principal. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 16 Aug. 2026

With enough pulses, the fast-swelling channel, as in Yutkin’s investigation, induces a shock wave that fractures the rock. — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026