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gossip
noun as in talk about others; rumor
Strong matches
account, babble, blather, blether, calumny, chronicle, clothesline, cry, defamation, earful, grapevine, injury, meddling, prate, prattle, report, scuttlebutt, story, talk, wire
Weak matches
back-fence talk, dirty laundry, dirty linen, dirty wash, idle talk, malicious talk, small talk, whispering campaign
noun as in person who talks a lot, spreads
Strong matches
blabbermouth, busybody, chatterbox, chatterer, flibbertigibbet, gossipmonger, informer, meddler, newsmonger, parrot, prattler, rumormonger, scandalmonger, snoop, talebearer, tattler, telltale
Weak matches
verb as in talk about others; spread rumors
Strongest match
Strong matches
babble, blather, blether, chat, chatter, dish, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, jaw, prate, prattle, repeat, report, rumor, schmoose, spread, suggest, talk, tattle
Weak matches
bad-mouth, bend one's ear, cut to pieces, cut up, rattle on, spill the beans, talk idly, tell secrets, tell tales, wiggle-waggle
Example Sentences
Southern humor is a little, you know, we always say we don’t gossip in the South, we have prayer requests.
Starlets gossip about these film geeks and blow them kisses while Godard, who, unlike the others, has yet to make his debut feature, is very aware he’s the odd man out.
An unhappy and disgruntled employee will be more likely to complain, grumble, debate, gossip and sow discontent among other employees.
Reports, often based on anonymous leaks, tell us about how Mr. Cash allegedly conveyed to Mr. Berry gossip about leadership jockeying within the then-governing Conservative Party, information Mr. Berry supposedly passed to a Chinese agent.
One theory: the meetups are also an excuse for retirees to hangout and gossip.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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