silver-tongued
Gifted with words
Silver-tongued describes someone who speaks eloquently and persuasively, often with the implication of being able to charm or manipulate others through words alone.
The silver suggests something precious and smooth: a silver-tongued salesman who could sell ice to Eskimos.
The term can be admiring or suspicious depending on context—eloquence that delights or deceives.
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- well-spokenSpeaking with refinement
- oratoricalOf formal public speaking
rhetorical · lucid · coherent · mellifluous · smooth-talking · glib · voluble · grandiloquent
Smooth or craftily adept
- oilyCovered in grease
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- slyCleverly deceptive
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
crafty · guileful · insincere · disingenuous · manipulative · scheming · untrustworthy · deceitful
Able to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- influentialHaving considerable effect
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- winningAchieving victory
smooth-talker · negotiator · diplomat · advocate · charmer · seductive · enticing · alluring
Smoothly refined in manner
- debonairSophisticated and carefree
- urbaneRefined and courteous
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- graciousPleasantly kind and courteous
courtly · gallant · winsome · captivating · enchanting · magnetic · affable · engaging
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- well-spokenSpeaking with refinement
oratorical · rhetorical · lucid · coherent · mellifluous · smooth-talking · glib · voluble · grandiloquent · flowery
slick
Smooth or craftily adept
cunning · crafty · guileful · insincere · disingenuous · manipulative · scheming · untrustworthy · deceitful · two-faced
convincing
Able to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- influentialHaving considerable effect
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
winning · smooth-talker · negotiator · diplomat · advocate · charmer · seductive · enticing · alluring · beguiling
suave
Smoothly refined in manner
- debonairSophisticated and carefree
- urbaneRefined and courteous
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
gracious · courtly · gallant · winsome · captivating · enchanting · magnetic · affable · engaging · personable
- Epithetsthe Great, the Wise, the Good, the Brave, the Lionheart
- cunningcunning, craftiness, crafty, guile, slyness
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
silver-tonguedtongue-tied
Unable to express oneself
inarticulate · speechless · stammering · stuttering · halting
silver-tonguedplain-spoken
Speaking without ornament
blunt · plainspoken · forthright · candid · frank