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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
While Patel’s travel has become a source of gossip within the bureau, his firings in particular have riled the broader workforce.
People gossiped that Lynn and I were lovers, never mind we were both married with kids.
The friends at my kitchen counter landed on some delectable gossip—the kind nobody would dare utter at a public cafe, much less print in a national newspaper.
There may be an undercurrent of gossip, like the hints of discord between Affleck and Leavitt, but nothing that curdles our mood.
Southern humor is a little, you know, we always say we don’t gossip in the South, we have prayer requests.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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