FAST-TALKING Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

fast-talking

verb

present participle of fast-talk

as in wheedling

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as in bamboozling

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In a bid to rekindle the couple’s honeymoon phase, Yasmin troubleshoots by wheedling a chief executive role for him at payment processing company Tender (run by Max Minghella‘s inscrutable puppet-master Whitney Halberstram), and throwing her husband a lavish costume party for his 40th birthday.

— Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026

Definition of wheedling

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But if Rodgers and Newton are right about fake vaccination cards being a thing around the NFL at the time, there was apparently much bamboozling being done by a number of people.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
His serve is monstrous; his forehand is potent; his backhand slice is bamboozling.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of bamboozling

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Last year, Ian Stamy took the state prize for his bumper soybean yield, coaxing an average of just over 100 bushels per acre from his operation in central Pennsylvania.

— Scott Neuman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
Carlos Rodon executed his pitch perfectly, coaxing Christian Franklin into what should have been an inning-ending double-play ball hit straight to Chisholm at second base.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of coaxing

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That strictly enforced division between those who do and don’t have the right ID has remained in place long enough that the university is now betraying its own identity.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2026
The company restructured itself into a primarily for-profit business last year, largely betraying its non-profit roots.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of betraying

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Warner’s deal with Suno appears to also require at least some degree of artist opt-in, and in general, convincing artists and managers may prove to be a challenge.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026
The play opens with Leontes convincing himself that a pregnant Hermione has been sleeping with his friend Polixenes, the king of Bohemia (played by Gilbert Owuor).

— Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of convincing

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Mistruths, false claims, scams, and other deceptive efforts are tricking people into thinking that a watermark removal app will do wonders, whereas the reality is that the results are at best half-mixed or aimed to cause damage.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
ClickFix works by tricking you into performing an action on your computer that stealthily downloads and installs malware.

— Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of tricking

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