FAST-TALK Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

fast-talk

verb

Definition of fast-talk

as in to cajole

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as in to bamboozle

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Recent Examples of fast-talk Tatum’s systems use AI to help translate fast-talking Americans and Canadians, as well as news media articles and other internet content, into physical, feelable, tactile sign. — Heather Newman, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026 Fulmer also delivers some comedic moments as Alycia, whose fast-talking frankness can be quite funny, albeit tone-deaf at times. — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026 The fast-talking and charming Fredy Gomez Cruz is the play’s standout as the idealistic Macedonio, who becomes disillusioned by the prejudice keeping him and VP on the ropes. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026 And Kiritsis, as Skarsgård plays him (with a jittery but logical fast-talk fervor that makes this one of the actor’s two or three most potent performances), is a very different figure than the real Tony Kiritisis, who was older and more visibly deranged. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fast-talk

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Ostensibly playing themselves, the group here gathers at a country manse to celebrate one member’s breakaway mainstream success — and for the other three to beg/cajole him into sharing that good fortune.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 28 July 2026
Someone there has to be gobbier and start cajoling players into their proper positions.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of cajole

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But these glimpses of frailty at home betray a Bankova presidential headquarters where bad decisions – against corruption and Fedorov – are made quickly, and then slowly unpicked after popular pressure.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
One of the spirits was Sinon, who was upset with Odysseus for betraying him and not telling him the Trojan Horse plan.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026

Definition of betray

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Diomande had previously made PSG his destination of choice — but the European champions had not yet shown a willingness to offer a level of fee that would convince Leipzig to consider a sale this summer.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Lowe is convinced that mainstream news outlets are ignoring his inquiry because of political correctness.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026

Definition of convince

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The board also voted down a proposal to increase rider fares to generate between $8 million and $12 million after a lengthy discussion and multiple failed amendments aimed at trying to persuade a majority of directors to pass the motion.

— Katie Langford, Denver Post, 29 July 2026
Dr Chris Vas, Associate Professor at the University of Canterbury in southern England, said the EU wants to persuade its manufacturers to go cheaper, the lowest price is more like €15,000 than €10,000.

— Neil Winton, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of persuade

Verb

OpenAI's Atlas was once fooled into sending a resignation letter, and Perplexity's Comet exposed user data in tests.

— Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Very difficult to fool, harder to stack and tough enough to play in the box, Moore is exactly what the NFL wants out of a corner in today’s game.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of fool

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