Thesaurus:rumor

Thesaurus:rumor

THESAURUS

rumor

English

Synonyms

• bruit (obsolete)

• buzz

• fame (rare)

• hearsay

• moot (British dialect)

• on dit

• rumor

• sough    [WS] (obsolete, British dialect)

• muttering

• noise

• tale

• word    [WS]

• word on the street (idiomatic)

• word on the wire (idiomatic)

• whisper

• whispering

Hypernyms

• talk    [WS]

Various

• rumour has it

• the story goes

See also

• Thesaurus:tattle

Further reading

• “532. news” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “rumor” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.