rumor
[noun]
Synonyms: report, buzz, cry, gossip, grapevine, hearsay, on-dit, rumble, scuttlebutt, talk, murmur, mumble, mutter, susurration, undertone, whisper
[verb]
Synonyms: gossip, blab, noise (about or abroad), talk, tattle

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ru‧mour British English, rumor American English /ˈruːmə $ -ər/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: rumour, from Latin rumor]

1. information or a story that is passed from one person to another and which may or may not be true
rumour about/of
I’ve heard all sorts of rumours about him and his secretary.
rumour that
There’s an unsubstantiated rumour that Eddie is bankrupt.

2. the rumour mill the people, considered as a group, who discuss something and pass rumours to each other:
His name has come up in the rumour mill as a possible director for the project.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rumor

a rumour spreads
A rumour spread that he had been killed.
a rumour goes around (also a rumour circulates formal) (=a rumour is passed among people)
There are a lot of rumors going around that they’re going to sell the company.
Not long afterwards, ugly rumours began to circulate.
rumour has it (=it is being said)
Rumour has it that they plan to get married.
rumours fly around (=are talked about by a lot of people)
There were wild rumours flying around the office on Wednesday.
hear a rumour
I heard a rumour that she was leaving.
spread a rumour
Someone has been spreading rumours about us.
deny a rumour
He is denying rumors that he plans to drop out of the race.
confirm a rumour (=say that it is true)
The actor’s agent would not confirm the rumour.
false/unfounded
He says that the rumours are completely unfounded.
False rumors began to spread that troops were massing on the border.
rumours are rife (=are talked about by a lot of people)
Rumours were rife that the band had refused to play.
a widespread rumour
The arrests followed widespread rumours of police corruption.
a persistent rumour (=one that keeps being repeated for a long time)
Despite persistent rumours of an affair, his wife stood by him.
a strong rumour (=a rumour that is likely to be true)
There is a strong rumour that the government is planning to drop the idea.
a wild rumour (=one that is completely untrue)
It has been a week of wild rumour and exaggeration.
a malicious rumour (=a false one that someone spreads to make trouble)
The claims were dismissed by the government as ‘malicious rumours’.
an ugly/nasty rumour (=a rumour about something bad)
Ugly rumours persisted that there had been a cover-up.
an unsubstantiated rumour (=one that has not been proved to be true)
These are only unsubstantiated rumours.
a scurrilous rumour formal (=a damaging and false rumour)
Journalists spread scurrilous rumours about the school.
wild rumours (=rumours that are not likely to be true)
This led to wild rumours of American involvement in the attack.

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