RUMOUR
Dictionary entry overview: What does rumour mean?
• RUMOUR (noun)
The noun RUMOUR has 1 sense:
1. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
Familiarity information: RUMOUR used as a noun is very rare.
• RUMOUR (verb)
The verb RUMOUR has 1 sense:
1. tell or spread rumors
Familiarity information: RUMOUR used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RUMOUR (noun)
Meaning:
Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
hearsay; rumor; rumour
Hypernyms ("rumour" is a kind of...):
comment; gossip; scuttlebutt (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people)
• RUMOUR (verb)
Meaning:
Tell or spread rumors
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bruit; rumor; rumour
Context example:
It was rumored that the next president would be a woman
Hypernyms (to "rumour" is one way to...):
dish the dirt; gossip (wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies)
Sentence frames:
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