smooth-talker
Silver-tongued flatterer
A smooth-talker is someone skilled at persuading others through charming, flattering, or slick speech—often with dubious sincerity.
The term carries suspicion: smooth-talkers may be after something.
Don't let that smooth-talker sell you a lemon.
The related adjective smooth-talking and verb smooth-talk describe the same persuasive manner.
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- persuasiveAble to convince others
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
- glibSuperficially articulate
rhetorical · oratorical · well-spoken · convincing · expressive · mellifluous · honeyed · facile
Smoothly refined in manner
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- debonairSophisticated and carefree
- winsomeSweetly charming
- engagingPleasantly attractive, compelling attention
affable · likeable · amiable · gracious · polished · urbane · gallant · sociable
Smooth or craftily adept
- glibSuperficially articulate
- insincereFeigning belief or feeling
- disingenuousFeigning ignorance or innocence
- untrustworthyNot deserving of confidence
phony · duplicitous · deceitful · shifty · two-faced · fraudulent · misleading · false
Coldly self-serving in strategy
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- deviousUnderhanded and calculating
- craftyCleverly deceptive
sly · conniving · exploitative · underhanded · wily · guileful · artful · coercive
Seeking favor through flattery
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- sycophanticServilely flattering
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
- schmoozerOne who ingratiates strategically
complimentary · coaxing · adulating · unctuous · oleaginous · honeyed · saccharine · smarmy
articulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
- persuasiveAble to convince others
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- fluentSpeaking smoothly, effortlessly
glib · rhetorical · oratorical · well-spoken · convincing · expressive · mellifluous · honeyed · facile · voluble
suave
Smoothly refined in manner
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- debonairSophisticated and carefree
- winsomeSweetly charming
engaging · affable · likeable · amiable · gracious · polished · urbane · gallant · sociable · courteous
slick
Smooth or craftily adept
- glibSuperficially articulate
- insincereFeigning belief or feeling
- disingenuousFeigning ignorance or innocence
untrustworthy · phony · duplicitous · deceitful · shifty · two-faced · fraudulent · misleading · false · hollow
calculating
Coldly self-serving in strategy
crafty · sly · conniving · exploitative · underhanded · wily · guileful · artful · coercive · shrewd
ingratiating
Seeking favor through flattery
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- sycophanticServilely flattering
- obsequiousServilely attentive to superiors
schmoozer · complimentary · coaxing · adulating · unctuous · oleaginous · honeyed · saccharine · smarmy · bootlicker
- smooth talkerscharmer, silver tongue, schmoozer, persuader, coaxer
- sycophantssycophant, sycophants, toady, toadies, bootlicker
smooth-talkertruth-teller
One who speaks accurately
honest broker · straight-shooter · straight shooter · straight talker · straight arrow
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