fast-talker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fast-talker
Noun
  • Anyone from a Hollywood Goth to a streetwear enthusiast to your average Hollywood slickster looking for something streamlined and stylish will find something here.
    Max Berlinger, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The jive talker, the role of slang-slinging slickster, has been picked up by Slick, Junkyard Dog and the Godfather.
    Jeremy Harriot, The Root, 1 Sep. 2017
Noun
  • That’s the punch line of an old joke about a wheeler-dealer offering something attractive — on the condition the offeree sell their soul to the devil.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026
  • Bordeaux’s rise was fuelled by Claude Bez, a wheeler-dealer who ran an accounting firm.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The film is set in a declining industrial city in Northeast China and traces a young man’s search for his father, a small-time schemer who chased quick riches during the freewheeling capitalist surge of the late 1990s and early 2000s in Southern China.
    Marcus Lim, Variety, 18 June 2026
  • Readers may learn about the Florida aquifer, cowhunters, deadhead logging, old-school conservationists such as Marjory Stoneman Douglas and even Charles Ponzi, the famed schemer.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Try for yourselves, ye witless knaves— Take each to bed your Sally!
    Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • Many a knave is rich, sleek, and honored, while the just man is poor, hated, and in torment.
    Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Even though the Feeneys have gotten more competitive under the junior Michel’s management, the rascal-on-the-field ethos of the original team still prevails.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Not even the curmudgeonly Melvin can bring himself to harm the little rascal.
    Camille Perri, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • Rabies is often found in bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes, but any mammal can be infected.
    Kelli Arseneau, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • There are numerous color choices, including toffee, fox, mood indigo, soft pink, blue pearl, lava rock, and toasted coconuts.
    Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • City slickers will definitely get a bang for their buck with this place, which is a lot more spacious than a shoebox on the Upper East Side.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 17 Nov. 2025
  • During the Waleses' trip to Canada in October 1991, Diana made time between touring an AIDS hospice and a women's shelter to join William, 9, and Harry, 7, on a visit to Niagara Falls, where the trio donned rain slickers for a wet and wild voyage on the Maid of the Mist.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Others estimate that $500 billion in federal spending is diverted by charlatans each year.
    Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
  • To this day, a portion of the left-wing Democratic elite views Obama as a charlatan who hoodwinked their voters into supporting him.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Fast-talker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fast-talker. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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