Basic Details
Word: Convinced
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Completely sure that something is true. It is also the past tense of convince, to make someone believe something.
Synonyms: certain, sure, confident, persuaded
Antonyms: doubtful, unsure, uncertain
How to Spell Convinced
Syllables: con - vinced
Tricky part: The soft s sound is spelt c, and the e of convince stays before d. Students write convinsed or convined.
Watch out for: convinsed, convined, convincd
Memory tip: Convince ends in ce, like since. Keep that ce and just add d: convince, convinced.
Usage Examples
Example 1: I was convinced I had left my lunch box on the bus.
Example 2: The salesman convinced Papa to buy the bigger fridge.
Example 3: Nobody was convinced by his excuse about the missing homework.
Fun Fact
Convince goes back to the Latin vincere, to conquer, which also appears in Julius Caesar's famous line veni, vidi, vici, I came, I saw, I conquered.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the word opposite in meaning to convinced as used in the sentence:
Ravi was convinced that the stationery shop near the school would stay shut on Sunday.
a) doubtful
b) certain
c) sure
d) confident
Show answer
a) doubtful. Convinced means fully sure, so doubtful is its opposite; the other three are synonyms.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word.
1. convinced 2. consious 3. embarased 4. comitted
a) awake and aware of what is happening
b) sure that something is true
c) feeling awkward or ashamed in front of others
d) having promised to give time or effort to something
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b) sure that something is true. Committed needs two m's and two t's, embarrassed two r's and two s's, and conscious an sc; convinced has no error.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
After watching the video of the experiment twice, the whole class was finally convinsed that heavy and light objects fall at the same speed without air.
a) finally
b) experiment
c) objects
d) convinsed
Show answer
d) convinsed. The s sound in convinced is spelt with a c, just as it is in convince.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If you are convinced about something, you are ____.
a) afraid of it
b) bored by it
c) sure of it
d) unaware of it
Show answer
c) sure of it
2. She convinced her brother to join the club. Here, convinced means she ____.
a) stopped him
b) followed him
c) forgot him
d) persuaded him
Show answer
d) persuaded him
