Thesaurus:tattle

Thesaurus:tattle

THESAURUS

tattle

English

Synonyms

• clatfart (dialect)

• goss (slang)

• gossip    [WS]

• gossipry

• janglery (obsolete)

• labrish (Jamaica)

• scuttlebutt

• skeet (Isle of Man)

• tale

• tattle

• tidbit (archaic)

• tittle-tattle

• twittle-twattle (archaic)

Hypernyms

• chatter    [WS]

• hearsay

Holonyms

• gossipfest

• yakfest

Various

• gossip column

• hoax

• indiscretion

• lie    [WS]

• rumour

• slander    [WS]

• scandal sheet

• slambook

• tab

• tabloid

• yellow press

See also

• Thesaurus:gossip (verb)
• Thesaurus:gossiper (noun, person)

Further reading

• “588. conversation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “tattle” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.