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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.
  2. n. Unverified information received from another; hearsay.
  3. v. To spread or tell by rumor.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A confused and indistinct noise; a vague sound; a murmur.
  2. n. Flying or popular report; the common voice.
  3. n. A current report, with or without foundation; commonly, a story or statement passing from one person to another without any known authority for its truth; a mere report; a piece of idle gossip.
  4. n. Fame; reported celebrity; reputation.
  5. n. A voice; a message.
  6. n. Synonyms and Talk, gossip, hearsay.
  7. To report; tell or circulate by report; spread abroad.

Wiktionary

  1. n. countable A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
  2. n. uncountable Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.
  3. v. transitive To tell a rumor about; to gossip.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
  2. n. A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
  3. n. obsolete A prolonged, indistinct noise.
  4. v. To report by rumor; to tell.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. tell or spread rumors
  2. n. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

Etymologies

  1. Middle English rumour, from the Latin rumor, common talk. (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English rumour, from Old French, from Latin rūmor. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (7)

Words with the same meaning

  1. notoriety
  1. tell
  1. report
  1. gossip
  1. hearsay
  1. tittle-tattle
  1. talk

hypernyms (5)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. gossip
  1. dish the dirt
  1. scuttlebutt
  1. comment
  1. information

same context (23)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. rumors
  2. rumour
  3. gossip
  4. accusation
  1. conjecture
  2. speculation
  3. suspicion
  4. supposition
  1. slander
  2. assertions
  3. allegation
  4. scandal
  1. misunderstanding
  2. legend
  3. insinuations
  4. assertion
  1. announcement
  2. news
  3. hearsay
  4. innuendo
  1. guess
  2. clamour
  3. excitement

rhymes (8)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Bloomer
  1. bloomer
  1. boomer
  1. consumer
  1. groomer
  1. humor
  1. loomer
  1. tumor

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. reumour
  2. rumour
  3. fame
  4. to hear say
  5. hearsay
  6. gossip
  7. whisperhood
  8. bruit
  9. news
  10. noration
  11. on dit
  12. rumorous
  1. say-so
  2. fama
  3. galley-news
  4. galley-yarn
  5. lying
  6. resurface
  7. localize
  8. rumor
  9. have
  10. renown
  11. scuttlebutt
  12. grapevine
  1. norate
  2. talk of the town
  3. down
  4. talk
  5. ring
  6. word
  7. spike
  8. vamp
  9. long-lived
  10. rhabdomyoma
  11. buzz
  12. check
  1. contagion
  2. decry
  3. discount
  4. noise
  5. whisper
  6. speech
  7. report
  8. sound
  9. origin
  10. propagate
  11. squelch
  12. rumble
  1. sough
  2. Star Chamber
  3. afloat
  4. currency
  5. float
  6. opinion
  7. scandal
  8. authorless
  9. tale
  10. ugly
  11. vogue
  12. voice

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