RUMOURS Synonyms

• light informal conversation for social occasions

• a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

• a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

• wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies

• talk socially without exchanging too much information

• sound of rapid vibration

• a confusion of activity and gossip

• make a buzzing sound

• fly low

• be noisy with activity

• call with a buzzer

• gossip spread by spoken communication

• any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries

• a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)

• an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits

• continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature

• gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

• tell or spread rumors

• tell or spread rumors

• an exchange of ideas via conversation

• discussion; (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of')

• the act of giving a talk to an audience

• a speech that is open to the public

• idle gossip or rumor

• exchange thoughts; talk with

• express in speech

• use language

• reveal information

• divulge confidential information or secrets

• deliver a lecture or talk

• light informal conversation for social occasions

• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly