sweet talker
Persuasive silver tongue
A sweet talker is someone who uses flattery, charm, or persuasive language to influence others—often with ulterior motives.
The term usually carries a note of suspicion: Don't trust him, he's just a sweet talker.
A sweet talker may be seductive, manipulative, or simply skilled at getting what they want through words rather than substance.
Fluent and persuasive
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- convincingAble to persuade
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
- influentialHaving considerable effect
compelling · smooth-talking · rhetorical · glib · cogent · forceful · effective · expressive
Skilled at controlling others
- insincereFeigning belief or feeling
- disingenuousFeigning ignorance or innocence
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
glib · untrustworthy · dishonest · duplicitous · guileful · deceitful · two-faced · scheming
Without roughness or difficulty
- suaveSmoothly refined in manner
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- enchantingDelightfully attractive, spellbinding
seductive · alluring · winsome · engaging · affable · gallant · debonair · magnetic
Expressions of admiration
- flatteryExcessive insincere praise
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- buttering upExcessive flattery for advantage
blandishment · cajolery · praise · schmoozing · honeyed words · soft soap · ingratiating · obsequious
eloquent
Fluent and persuasive
- silver-tonguedPersuasively articulate speaker
- convincingAble to persuade
- articulateExpress clearly, or well-spoken
influential · compelling · smooth-talking · rhetorical · glib · cogent · forceful · effective · expressive · coaxing
manipulative
Skilled at controlling others
- insincereFeigning belief or feeling
- disingenuousFeigning ignorance or innocence
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
slick · glib · untrustworthy · dishonest · duplicitous · guileful · deceitful · two-faced · scheming · conniving
smooth
Without roughness or difficulty
- suaveSmoothly refined in manner
- charismaticCompellingly attractive to others
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
enchanting · seductive · alluring · winsome · engaging · affable · gallant · debonair · magnetic · beguiling
compliments
Expressions of admiration
- flatteryExcessive insincere praise
- adulationExtravagant, servile praise
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
buttering up · blandishment · cajolery · praise · schmoozing · honeyed words · soft soap · ingratiating · obsequious · sycophantic
- flirtingpickup line, wink, winking, hair flip, chat-up line
- persuaderspersuader, orator, orators, public speaker, speechmaker
- smooth talkerssmooth talker, smooth-talker, fast talker, charmer, silver tongue
- talkerstalker, chatterbox, motormouth, motor-mouth, loudmouth
- seducersseducer, lothario, womanizer, philanderer, rake
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
sweet talkerstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
truth teller · straight talker · blunt instrument · sharp tongue
sweet talkertrash talker
One who mocks opponents
hater · critic · cynic · curmudgeon · misanthrope
sweet, sweetie, sweetener, sweetest, sweeter, sweet-talk, sweetens, sweetening, sweeties