| Main Entry: |
sweet-talk |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
flatter |
Synonyms: |
adulate, beslaver, blandish, bootlick, brownnose, build up*, butter up, cajole, cater to, charm, con, court, fawn*, get next to, glorify, grovel,
honey, humor, inveigle, jolly, lay it on thick, massage, oil, overpraise, play up to, praise, rub the right way, salve, sell, slaver, snow*, soft-soap, soften*, spread it on, stroke, suck up to, sweeten up, toady, wheedle, work on, work over
|
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
