convinced

Academic Word List, sublist 10.

About 20.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective In a state of believing, especially from evidence but not necessarily.

   He was convinced he was a great singer, though others were not so sure.

2. verb simple past and past participle of convince

   We convinced him with our skillful arguments and supporting evidence.

Similar words

positive confident certain sure persuasive persuade conviction determined impressed believe

Often followed by

that of the him me by her he them

Word family

convince convinces convincing convincingly