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Another word for rumor

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rumor

n.

Common talk
hearsay, gossip, report, news, tidings, intelligence, dispatch, scandal, tittle-tattle, word of mouth, grapevine, talk, noise, cry, popular report, fame, repute, bruit, scuttlebutt*, buzz*.
An unsubstantial story
canard, hoax, fabrication, suggestion, supposition, innuendo, story, tale, invention, fiction, falsehood; see also lie 1.

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Another word for rumor

noun

Idle, often sensational and groundless talk about others:

gossip, gossipry, hearsay, report, talebearing, tattle, tittle-tattle, word. (Slang) scuttlebutt. See words

verb

To engage in or spread gossip:

blab, gossip, noise, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, whisper. Idioms: tell tales, tell tales out of school. See words

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Do you remember that rumor in school?
"I don't care who you were before, you're Billie now," rumor had it he'd said.
No one said anything definite, but the rumor of an attack spread through the squadron.
This rumor has been around for some time, hasn't it?
"I heard a rumor," Tamer said.

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