sweet talk
Persuasion through charm
Sweet talk is flattering or coaxing speech meant to persuade someone, often insincerely: He tried to sweet talk his way out of the ticket.
As a verb, to sweet-talk is to use such charm: She sweet-talked the bouncer into letting them skip the line.
The hyphen appears in verb form but usage varies.
Cause to believe
- coaxPersuade by gentle urging
- cajolePersuade through flattery
- wheedlePersuade through flattery
- swayRock back and forth
influence · entice · charm · disarm · win over · manipulate · negotiate · smooth-talk
Flattering words to persuade
- cajoleryFlattery meant to persuade
- smooth talkFlattery meant to persuade
- soft soapPersuasion through excessive flattery
- blarneyFlattering but hollow speech
wheedling · buttering up · coaxing · honeyed words · fawning · adulation · sycophancy · ingratiation
Magnetic personal appeal
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- smooth-talkerPersuasive, flattering speaker
- suaveSmoothly refined in manner
- debonairSophisticated and carefree
affable · engaging · personable · likeable · gracious · urbane · eloquence · glib
Underhanded control of others
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
- false praiseInsincere verbal admiration
- empty promisesInsincere verbal commitments
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
deceit · guile · cunning · artifice · sugarcoating · whitewash · spin · glossing over
convince
Cause to believe
sway · influence · entice · charm · disarm · win over · manipulate · negotiate · smooth-talk · prevail upon
blandishment
Flattering words to persuade
- cajoleryFlattery meant to persuade
- smooth talkFlattery meant to persuade
- soft soapPersuasion through excessive flattery
blarney · wheedling · buttering up · coaxing · honeyed words · fawning · adulation · sycophancy · ingratiation · smarm
charisma
Magnetic personal appeal
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- smooth-talkerPersuasive, flattering speaker
- suaveSmoothly refined in manner
debonair · affable · engaging · personable · likeable · gracious · urbane · eloquence · glib · wit
manipulation
Underhanded control of others
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
- false praiseInsincere verbal admiration
- empty promisesInsincere verbal commitments
duplicity · deceit · guile · cunning · artifice · sugarcoating · whitewash · spin · glossing over · dissembling
- flatteryflatter, praise, flattery, compliment, compliments
- pickup linespickup lines, openers, icebreakers, cheesy lines, smooth lines
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- enticementsenticement, inducement, lure, allure, temptation
- flirtingpickup line, wink, winking, hair flip, chat-up line
- insincerityinsincerity, phoniness, fakeness, falseness, pretense
sweet talkstraight talk
Honest, direct communication
bluntness · harsh words · tough talk · brutal honesty · frankness
sweet talkhonest talk
Sincere, direct communication
straight shooting · plain truth · truthfulness · unvarnished truth · real talk
sweet talkverbal abuse
Harmful speech targeting someone
insults · tongue-lashing · berating · harsh words · dressing down
sweet, sweetness, sweetly, sweeten, sweetened, sweetener, sweeter, sweet-talk, unsweetened