RUMOURMONGER
Dictionary entry overview: What does rumourmonger mean? • RUMOURMONGER (noun)
The noun RUMOURMONGER has 1 sense:
1. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Familiarity information: RUMOURMONGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RUMOURMONGER (noun)
Meaning:
A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
gossiper; gossipmonger; newsmonger; rumormonger; rumourmonger; gossip
Hypernyms ("rumourmonger" is a kind of...):
communicator (a person who communicates with others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rumourmonger"):
cat (a spiteful woman gossip)
scandalmonger (a person who spreads malicious gossip)
blabbermouth; talebearer; taleteller; tattler; tattletale; telltale (someone who gossips indiscreetly)
yenta ((Yiddish) a woman gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal)
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