double-talker
Says contradictory things
A double-talker is someone who speaks evasively or deceptively, saying one thing while meaning another or contradicting themselves to avoid commitment.
Politicians are often accused of being double-talkers when they give answers that sound substantive but dodge the actual question: The candidate was a skilled double-talker who never gave a straight answer.
One who speaks ambiguously
- dodgerOne who avoids
- wafflerOne who hesitates endlessly
- hedgerOne who avoids commitment
- prevaricatorOne who deceives verbally
sidestep · deflector · noncommittal · slippery · cagey · shifty · vague · elusive
One who speaks falsely
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
con artist · hoaxer · cheat · scammer · trickster · phony · faker · grifter
Persuasively articulate speaker
- sophistDeceptive rhetorical trickster
- rhetoricianExpert in persuasive speaking
- spin doctorFavorable interpretation specialist
- flattererOne dispensing insincere praise
charmer · glib · slick · oily · schmoozer · propagandist · demagogue · snake oil salesman
equivocator
One who speaks ambiguously
prevaricator · sidestep · deflector · noncommittal · slippery · cagey · shifty · vague · elusive · circumlocutory
liar
One who speaks falsely
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
swindler · con artist · hoaxer · cheat · scammer · trickster · phony · faker · grifter · schemer
silver-tongued
Persuasively articulate speaker
- sophistDeceptive rhetorical trickster
- rhetoricianExpert in persuasive speaking
- spin doctorFavorable interpretation specialist
flatterer · charmer · glib · slick · oily · schmoozer · propagandist · demagogue · snake oil salesman
double-talkerstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
straight talker · truth-teller · honest broker · man of his word · open book
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