convinced

American  

[kuhn-vinst] / kənˈvɪnst /

adjective

1. moved by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action.

   By the age of fifteen, after reading Marx, Engels, and Lenin, he was a convinced communist.

2. persuaded to do something by being cajoled, manipulated, coaxed, etc..

   Those expensive bells and whistles are just cosmetic features to woo the easily convinced buyer.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of convince.

Other Word Forms

• convincedly adverb
• convincedness noun
• half-convinced adjective
• quasi-convinced adjective
• unconvinced adjective
• well-convinced adjective

Etymology

Origin of convinced

First recorded in 1630–40; convince ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; convince ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

Eighteen days earlier, Pender had convinced Arthur and Islas to go beyond the $300,000 limit they set to buy a 2-year-old son of Maximus Mischief for $385,000 at a sale in Ocala, Fla.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Musk also might have convinced investors that artificial-intelligence data centers in space are closer than they appear.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

He is also convinced that the tip-off which led police to the hideout would not have come from his peers in the sovereign citizen movement.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

I'm not convinced they will do it though, and if they end up going out of both competitions in the space of 10 days then the Liverpool fans are going to be even more disgruntled.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

She nodded but didn’t look at me, and I could tell from the rigidity of the muscles beneath my hand that I hadn’t convinced her in the slightest.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Related Words

• assured
• assured
• certain
• confident
• positive
• sure