The invention provides a synthetic method for aryl thioether compounds. The synthetic method comprises the following steps: adding phenolic compounds or aminated compounds, thio-alcohol compounds, a transition-metal catalyst and water into a reaction bottle, sealing the reaction bottle, introducing oxygen into the reaction bottle, carrying out heating and a stirring reaction and then successively carrying out extraction, drying, concentration and purifying so as to obtain the aryl thioether compounds. According to the invention, the phthalocyanine transition-metal catalyst is employed for catalysis of the oxidation coupling reaction of phenol or aminated compounds with thio-alcohol compounds so as to prepare the aryl thioether compounds; the synthetic method is simple in steps, easy and practicable in operation and high in product yield, as high as 80% or above and provides a novel approach for synthesis of the aryl thioether compounds; and compared with conventional methods, the method has the advantages that raw materials are cheap and easily available, water is used as a solvent (the catalyst can be dissolved in water), aryl thioether compounds with high separation yield can be obtained under heterogeneous conditions, and reaction efficiency and the atom economy of reaction can be improved.