rumor

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. report, hearsay, gossip, common talk. See information, news.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Common talk]

Syn. hearsay, gossip, report, news, tidings, intelligence, dispatch, scandal, tittle-tattle, word of mouth, grapevine, talk, noise, cry, popular report, fame, repute, bruit, scuttlebutt*, buzz*.

2. [An unsubstantial story]

Syn. canard, hoax, fabrication, suggestion, supposition, innuendo, story, tale, invention, fiction, falsehood; see also lie 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

talk, *word on the street, gossip, hearsay, *grapevine talk, *scuttlebutt, report, tattle, *scoop, *lowdown. ''A pipe blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures. —Shakespeare.

II

v.

gossip, tell, tattle, *buzz, whisper, *pass on, leak.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun Idle, often sensational and groundless talk about others: gossip, gossipry, hearsay, report, talebearing, tattle, tittle-tattle, word. Slang: scuttlebutt. See WORDS. II verb To engage in or spread gossip: blab, gossip, noise, talk, tattle, tittle-tattle, whisper. Idioms: tell tales, tell tales out of school. Swords.