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rumor

[roo-mer] / ˈru mər /
NOUN
talk about supposed truth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
comment fabrication falsehood gossip hearsay hoax innuendo lie news report scandal story suggestion tale whisper word
STRONG
breeze bruit canard cry dispatch earful fame fiction grapevine intelligence invention notoriety repute rumble scuttlebutt supposition tattle tidings wire
WEAK
back-fence talk
Antonyms
STRONGEST
evidence proof quiet silence truth
VERB
tell a supposed truth
Synonyms
STRONG
bruit buzz circulate gossip publish report say talk tattle whisper
WEAK
noise about pass around
Antonyms
STRONG
conceal
WEAK
tell the truth

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