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| Main Entry: | sweet talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flattery for favor |
| Synonyms: | blarney, flattery, incense, snow job, soft soap, blandishment, cajolery, fair words, honeyed words, insincere flattery, nobbling, smooth talk, sweet nothings |
| Main Entry: | blarney |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flattery |
| Synonyms: | adulation, baloney*, exaggeration, fawning*, honey*, incense, oil*, soft soap*, sweet talk*, a line, blandishment, cajolery, coaxing, compliments, eyewash, ingratiation, inveiglement, overpraise, soft words, wheedling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cajole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to coax; flatter |
| Synonyms: | banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up, butter up*, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil*, push, seduce, snow*, soap*, soften, stroke, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, apple polish, argue into, get around, get next to, hand a line, lay it on thick, make up to, play up to, rub the right way, soft-soap, spread it on, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, work over |
| Antonyms: | bully, force, repel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persuade |
| Synonyms: | allure, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up*, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, lure, pester, plague, press, soothe, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, argue into, arm-twist, jawbone, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, sweet-talk, talk into, work on, worm |
| Antonyms: | allow, not care |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | con |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, defraud |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, bilk, cajole, cheat, coax, double-cross, dupe, flimflam*, fool, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle*, humbug, inveigle, mislead, rip off*, rook, swindle, trick, wheedle, chicane, sweet-talk |
| Antonyms: | be forthright, be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flattery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false praise, compliments |
| Synonyms: | adulation, applause, approbation, blarney*, commendation, encomium, eulogy, fawning*, flattering, gallantry, gratification, incense, laud, mush*, palaver, plaudits, puffery*, smoke*, snow*, snow job*, stroke*, sweet talk*, tribute, blandishment, bootlicking, cajolery, eyewash, flummery, fulsomeness, hokum, honeyed words, ingratiation, jive*, obsequiousness, pretty speech, servility, soft words, soft-soap, sycophancy, toadyism, truckling, unctuousness |
| Antonyms: | condemnation, criticism, denunciation, insult, offense, belittlement, castigation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | induce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to happen; encourage |
| Synonyms: | abet, activate, actuate, argue into, breed, bring about, bring around, bulldoze*, cajole, cause, coax, convince, draw, draw in, effect, engender, generate, get up, get*, give rise to, goose*, impel, incite, influence, instigate, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, persuade, press, prevail upon, procure, produce, promote, prompt, sell one on, set in motion, soft-soap, squeeze, steamroll, suck in, sway, sweet-talk, talk into*, twist one's arm, urge, wheedle, win over* |
| Antonyms: | discourage, halt, hinder, prevent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inducement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incentive, motive |
| Synonyms: | attraction, bait, brainwash*, cause, come-on*, con*, consideration, desire, encouragement, hard sell, hook*, impulse, incitement, influence, leader, lure, reward, snow job*, soft soap*, spur, stimulus, sweet talk*, temptation, twist, urge, carrot* |
| Notes: | the temporal orientation of incentive is toward the future; that of inducement is toward the past |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, hindrance, prevention, disincentive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inveigle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entice, manipulate |
| Synonyms: | allure, bait, bamboozle, beguile, blandish, butter*, cajole, charm, coax, con*, decoy, egg on*, ensnare, entrap, honey*, hook, influence, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, oil*, persuade, seduce, snow*, soap*, string along*, stroke*, sweet talk*, tempt, toll, urge, wheedle, get around*, lay it on thick, lead on, overdo it, play up to, rope in, soften up, work over |
| Antonyms: | disgust, turn off, disenchant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lip service |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | empty talk |
| Synonyms: | duplicity, empty talk, hypocrisy, insincerity, lie, sham, sweet talk, hollow words, hypocritical respect, jive, lip devotion, lip homage, lip praise, lip reverence, lip worship, mouth honor, mouthing, smooth talk, token agreement, tokenism, tongue in cheek, unctuousness |
| Main Entry: | lobby |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press for political action |
| Synonyms: | advance, affect, alter, bill, boost, build up, change, drum, further, hard sell, hype*, induce, influence, modify, persuade, pitch, plug, press, pressure, procure, promote, push, request, sell, solicit, splash, spot, sway, thump, urge, billboard, bring pressure to bear, campaign for, exert influence, high pressure, make a pitch for, politick, pull strings, put pressure on, sell on, soft-sell, soft-soap, solicit votes, sweet-talk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | treachery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disloyalty, dishonesty |
| Synonyms: | betrayal, corruption, dirty pool*, dirty work*, disaffection, dodge, double-cross*, double-dealing*, duplicity, faithlessness, fake, flimflam*, grift, gyp*, infidelity, racket*, scam*, shell game*, skin game*, spoof, stab in the back*, sweet talk*, treason, two-timing, whitewash*, bunco, dirty dealing, dirty trick, falseness, fast shuffle, perfidiousness, perfidy, put-on, recreancy, sellout, treacherousness |
| Antonyms: | constancy, devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, love, loyalty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wheedle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk into |
| Synonyms: | banter, blandish, butter up*, cajole, charm, coax, con, court, draw, entice, finagle, flatter, inveigle, kowtow*, oil*, persuade, seduce, snow*, soap*, lay it on, soft-soap, soften up, spread it on, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, worm* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | butter up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charm someone with flattery |
| Synonyms: | adulate, bootlick, brownnose, build up, cajole, flatter, inveigle, massage, soften, stroke, lay it on thick, play up to, spread it on, suck up to, sweet-talk, work on |
| Main Entry: | curry favor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | butter up |
| Synonyms: | bootlick, brownnose, cajole, court, flatter, back-scratch, dance attendance on, fall all over, fawn over, kiss up to, pay court to, suck up to, sweet-talk, toady to, win over |
| Main Entry: | soft sell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | low-key sales pitch |
| Synonyms: | soft soap, sweet talk, blandishment, low-pressure salesmanship, low-pressure selling |
| Main Entry: | flatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compliment excessively |
| Synonyms: | adulate, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up*, butter up*, cajole, charm, con, court, fawn*, glorify, grovel, humor, inveigle, jolly, massage, oil*, praise, salve, sell, snow*, soften*, stroke, toady*, wheedle, beslaver, cater to, get next to, lay it on thick, overpraise, play up to, rub the right way, soft-soap, spread it on, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, work over |
| Antonyms: | belittle, castigate, condemn, criticize, denounce, insult, offend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | persuasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influencing to do, believe |
| Synonyms: | alignment, alluring, brainwashing*, cogency, con*, conversion, enticement, exhortation, force, hard sell, hook*, inducement, persuasiveness, potency, power, promote, pull*, seduction, sell*, snow job*, soft soap*, squeeze*, sweet talk*, arm-twist, blandishment, cajolery, goose*, inveiglement, wheedling, winning over, working over |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, hindrance, prevention, dissuasion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange an object for money |
| Synonyms: | advertise, auction, bargain, barter, boost, close, contract, dispose, drum, dump, exchange, handle, hawk, hustle, market, merchandise, move, peddle, persuade, pitch, plug, puff*, push, retail, retain, snow, soft sell*, soft soap*, spiel*, stock, sweet talk*, trade, traffic, unload, vend, wholesale, be in business, clinch the deal, close the deal, deal in, put across, put up for sale |
| Antonyms: | buy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deceit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | particular type of trick, misleading |
| Synonyms: | artifice, blind, cheat, chicanery, crocodile tears*, deception, dirty work*, duplicity, fake, feint, flimflam*, fraud, hoax, humbug, imposture, misrepresentation, pretense, ruse, sell, sham, shift, smoke and mirrors*, snow job*, soft soap*, spoof, stratagem, subterfuge, sweet talk*, swindle, trick, whitewash*, wile, dirty trick, fraudulence, sellout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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