Thesaurus:rumor
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
Sense: a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- bruit (obsolete)
- buzz
- fame (rare)
- hearsay
- moot (British dialect)
- on dit
- rumor
- sough [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete, British dialect)
- muttering
- noise
- tale
- word [⇒ thesaurus]
- word on the street (idiomatic)
- word on the wire (idiomatic)
- whisper
- whispering
Hypernyms[edit]
Various[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “532. news” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “rumor” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.