WORD-OF-MOUTH Synonyms

• a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books)

• a speech seconding a motion

• formal and explicit approval

• a signature that validates something

• the act of endorsing

• 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

• gossip spread by spoken communication

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

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

• heard through another rather than directly

• something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable

• something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable

• any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission

• a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or professional group

• a recommendation to consult the (professional) person or group to whom one has been referred

• the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)

• a new appraisal or evaluation

• an essay or article that gives a critical evaluation (as of a book or play)

• a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

• (accounting) a service (less exhaustive than an audit) that provides some assurance to interested parties as to the reliability of financial data

• a variety show with topical sketches and songs and dancing and comedians

• a periodical that publishes critical essays on current affairs or literature or art

• a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion

• (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court)

• practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory

• a formal or official examination

• look at again; examine again

• appraise critically

• hold a review (of troops)

• refresh one's memory

• look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember

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

• tell or spread rumors

• expressing admiration or appreciation

• of or relating to or constituting testimony

• something that serves as evidence

• something given or done as an expression of esteem

• something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable

• expressed orally