sweet-talk

Questions about sweet-talk

What does sweet-talk mean?

sweet-talk means "influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering".

How many syllables are in sweet-talk?

sweet-talk has 2 syllables and divides as sweet--talk under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sweet-talk?

Close synonyms include wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sweet-talk a common word?

sweet-talk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.