Synonyms of sweet-talking

sweet-talking

verb

present participle of sweet-talk

as in coaxing

to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery

she can sweet-talk her besotted boyfriend into just about anything

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coaxing
• cajoling
• wheedling
• seducing
• luring
• wooing
• enticing
• blandishing
• palavering
• begging
• urging
• charming
• tempting
• massaging
• blarneying
• beseeching
• importuning
• soft-soaping
• flattering
• overpraising
• wangling
• adulating
• juggling
• finagling
• buttering up
• wiling
• cozening
• beguiling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• harassing
• teasing
• pestering
• bugging
• nagging
• intimidating
• bullying
• requiring
• coercing
• forcing
• demanding
• browbeating
• making
• obliging
• compelling
• bulldozing
• constraining
• cowing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sweet-talking

And then there’s no sweet-talking ABS. — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026

That’s Frank sweet-talking Miss Terry into coming to West Virginia. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Jan. 2026

Instead of sweet-talking your way out of a parking ticket, admit your mistake and pay the fine. — Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 10 Jan. 2026

Hanks takes a detour from his traditional nice guy roles to sleaze it up as the hard-drinking, sweet-talking Wilson, and that alone is worth a watch. — Lia Beck, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025

Forget the old myths about dressing up or sweet-talking your way to the front. — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025

When you're isolated, that sweet-talking stranger starts looking pretty appealing. — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025

Ukraine and its European allies are worried Putin may succeed in sweet-talking Trump into signing up for its one-sided vision for ending the war, leaving Kyiv out in the cold. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025