Thesaurus:rumor

Thesaurus

rumor

English

Noun

Sense: a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source

Synonyms

• bruit (obsolete)
• buzz
• fame (rare)
• hearsay
• moot (British dialect)
• on dit
• rumor
• sough    [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete, British dialect)
• muttering
• noise    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tale
• word    [⇒ thesaurus]
• word on the street (idiomatic)
• word on the wire (idiomatic)
• whisper
• whispering

Hypernyms

• talk    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• rumour has it
• the story goes

See also

• Thesaurus:tattle

Further reading

• “532. news” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “rumor” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.