Synonyms: sell
Definition: the activity of persuading someone to buy
Usage: it was a hard sell
Similar words: sale
Definition: the general activity of selling
Usage: they tried to boost sales; laws limit the sale of handguns
Synonyms: sell
Definition: persuade somebody to accept something
Usage: The French try to sell us their image as great lovers
Similar words: persuade
Definition: cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm
Usage: You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!
Synonyms: sell
Definition: give up for a price or reward
Usage: She sold her principles for a successful career
Similar words: cede, give up, surrender, deliver
Definition: relinquish possession or control over
Usage: The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
Synonyms: sell
Definition: exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
Usage: He sold his house in January; She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit
Similar words: change, interchange, exchange
Definition: give to, and receive from, one another
Usage: Would you change places with me?; We have been exchanging letters for a year
Definition: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
Usage: She deals in gold; The brothers sell shoes
Definition: deliver to an enemy by treachery
Usage: Judas sold Jesus; The spy betrayed his country
Synonyms: sell
Definition: be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
Usage: These books sell like hot cakes
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Synonyms: sell
Definition: be responsible for the sale of
Usage: All her publicity sold the products
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Synonyms: sell
Definition: be approved of or gain acceptance
Usage: The new idea sold well in certain circles
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer