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| Main Entry: | rumor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk about supposed truth |
| Synonyms: | breeze*, canard, comment, cry, dispatch, fabrication, falsehood, fame, fiction, gossip, grapevine*, hearsay, hoax, innuendo, intelligence, invention, lie, news, notoriety, report, rumble, scandal, scuttlebutt*, story, suggestion, supposition, tale, tattle, tidings, whisper, wire*, word, back-fence talk, bruit, earful, repute |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rumor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell a supposed truth |
| Synonyms: | buzz*, circulate, gossip, publish, report, say, talk, tattle, whisper, bruit, noise about, pass around |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | small talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chit-chat |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab*, blather, chat, chatter, chitchat*, chitchat, conversation, gab, gossip, jabber*, pleasantry, prattle, table talk, beauty-parlor chitchat, casual conversation, idle chat, idle chatter, idle talk, light talk, polite remark, rumors, trivial conversation, yakking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buzz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | comment, cry, grapevine*, hearsay, news, report, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, talk, whisper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buzz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | call, chatter, inform, rumor, tattle, natter |
| Main Entry: | dirt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | buzz, news, rumor, talk, intimate intelligence, juicy morsel, the lowdown |
| Main Entry: | gossip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk about others; spread rumors |
| Synonyms: | babble, bad-mouth*, bend one's ear, blab, blather, blether, chat, chatter, cut to pieces, cut up*, dish, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, jaw*, prate, prattle, rattle on, repeat, report, rumor, schmoose, spill the beans*, spread*, suggest, talk, talk idly, tattle, tell secrets, tell tales, wiggle-waggle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hearsay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unsubstantiated information |
| Synonyms: | comment, cry, gossip, grapevine*, leak*, noise*, report, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt*, talk, word of mouth*, clothesline, mere talk, talk of the town |
| Antonyms: | evidence, proof, reality, testimony, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intelligence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secret information |
| Synonyms: | advice, clue, data, dirt, disclosure, facts, knowledge, leak, news, notice, notification, picture, report, rumor, tidings, word*, findings, hot tip, info, inside story, lowdown, tip-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | murmur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | low, continuous sound |
| Synonyms: | babble, buzz, drone, grumble, hum, humming, mumble, mutter, purr, rumble, rumor, undertone, whisper, whispering, buzzing, murmuration, muttering, susurration |
| Main Entry: | news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | information, revelation |
| Synonyms: | account, advice, announcement, broadcast, bulletin, cable, cognizance, communication, copy, data, description, disclosure, discovery, dispatch, enlightenment, exposé, hearsay, intelligence, knowledge, leak, message, narration, news flash, recital, recognition, release, report, rumor, scandal, scoop*, specification, statement, story, telecast, telegram, telling, tidings*, word*, communiqué, eye-opener, front-page news, headlines, itemization, lowdown, particularization, the goods |
| Antonyms: | history |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | report |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip, talk |
| Synonyms: | advice, buzz*, canard, chat, chatter, chitchat, comment, conversation, cry*, dirt*, grapevine*, hash*, hearsay, intelligence, murmur, news, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt*, small talk*, speech, tattle, tidings, whispering, word*, blow by blow, earful, prating, the latest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | say |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make declaration |
| Synonyms: | add, affirm, allege, announce, answer, assert, claim, come out with, communicate, conjecture, convey, declare, deliver, disclose, divulge, do, estimate, express, flap*, gab*, guess, imagine, imply, jaw, judge, lip*, maintain, mention, opine, orate, perform, pronounce, rap*, read, recite, rehearse, relate, remark, render, repeat, reply, report, respond, reveal, rumor, speak, spiel*, state, suggest, tell, utter, verbalize, voice, yak*, break silence, give voice, make known, put forth, put into words |
| Notes: | say, speak, and tell are near synonyms, but say is usually followed by a statement or words actually uttered |
| Antonyms: | ask, question, request |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scandal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public embarrassment |
| Synonyms: | aspersion, backbiting, calumny, crime, defamation, depreciation, detraction, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparagement, disrepute, dynamite, gossip, hearsay, ignominy, infamy, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, reproach, rumor, shame, sin, slander, tale, talk, turpitude, wrongdoing, backstabbing, belittlement, dirty linen, eavesdropping, idle rumor, scorcher, skeleton in closet |
| Main Entry: | scuttlebutt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | babble, blather, chatter, chitchat, grapevine*, hearsay, meddling, prattle, rumor, talk, back-fence talk, dirty laundry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | made-up story |
| Synonyms: | canard, cock-and-bull story*, defamation, detraction, exaggeration, fabrication, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, lie, misrepresentation, prevarication, rigmarole*, rumor, scandal, slander, spiel*, untruth, yarn*, chestnut*, clothesline, tall story, untruism |
| Antonyms: | non-fiction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | allusion, badinage, banter, blather*, bombast, bunk*, buzz*, cant, chat, chatter, chitchat, conversation, cry, gab, grapevine*, hearsay, hint, hot air*, innuendo, insinuation, jaw*, lip*, noise, nonsense*, palaver, persiflage, prose, racket*, raillery, report, rot*, rubbish*, rumble*, rumor, scuttlebutt*, small talk, tête-è-tête, trash*, yarn*, idle talk, jive* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tattle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gossip; tell rumor |
| Synonyms: | babble, blab*, chat, chatter, give away, gossip, jabber, leak, noise, prate, prattle*, rumor, snitch, spill, spill the beans*, squeal, talk, yak*, give the show away, have a big mouth, spread rumor, talk idly, tell on, tell tale |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undertone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suggestion, whisper |
| Synonyms: | association, atmosphere, buzz, connotation, feeling, flavor, hint, hum, implication, mumble, murmur, mutter, overtone, rumor, tinge, touch, trace, undercurrent, low tone |
| Main Entry: | wind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning, report |
| Synonyms: | babble, clue, cue, gossip, hint, hot air*, inkling, intimation, notice, rumor, suggestion, talk, tidings, whisper, idle talk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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