rumor
Meanings
Plural: rumors
Noun
- gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
- A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
- Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.
- Report, news, information in general.
- Fame, reputation.
- Clamor, din, outcry.
Verb
- tell or spread rumors
- "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"
- To tell a rumor about; to gossip.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).
Synonyms
bruit, buzz, fame, gossip, hearsay, moot, muttering, noise, on dit, rumor, rumour, sough, tale, talk, tittle-tattle, whisper, whispering, word, word on the street, word on the wire
Scrabble Score: 7
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