Question

What's the opposite meaning for Persuade?

Answer 1

dissuade
The suade part that both words share has origins in the Latin root suadēre, meaning “to urge.” In the case of persuade, the prefix per- means “thoroughly,” intensifying “to urge” and giving persuade its meaning of “to convince

Answer 2

A word that means the opposite of persuade is argue. The definition of argue is below:

to give reasons for or against something or to disagree