| Main Entry: | gossip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk about others; rumor |
Synonyms: |
account, babble, back-fence talk, blather, blether, buzz*, calumny, chatter, chitchat, chronicle, clothesline, conversation, cry, defamation, dirty laundry, dirty linen, dirty wash, earful, grapevine, hearsay, idle talk, injury, malicious talk, meddling, news, prate, prattle, report, scandal, scuttlebutt, slander, small talk, story, tale, talk, whispering campaign, wire |
Antonyms: |
fact |
| Main Entry: | rumor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk about supposed truth |
Synonyms: |
back-fence talk, breeze*, bruit, canard, comment, cry, dispatch, earful, fabrication, falsehood, fame, fiction, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, hoax, innuendo, intelligence, invention, lie, news, notoriety, report, repute, rumble, scandal, scuttlebutt, story, suggestion, supposition, tale, tattle, tidings, whisper, wire, word |
Antonyms: |
truth |
| Main Entry: | scuttlebutt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
Synonyms: |
babble, back-fence talk, blather, chatter, chitchat, dirty laundry, grapevine, hearsay, meddling, prattle, rumor, talk |
| Main Entry: | talebearing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
Synonyms: |
account, babble, back-fence talk, blather, blether, buzz*, calumny, chatter, chitchat, chronicle, clothesline, conversation, cry, defamation, dirty laundry, dirty linen, dirty wash, earful, gossipry, grapevine, hearsay, idle talk, injury, malicious talk, meddling, news, prate, prattle, report, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, slander, small talk, story, tale, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, whispering campaign, wire, word* |