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All gossip synonyms

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verb gossip

  • blab β€” If someone blabs about something secret, they tell people about it.
  • blather β€” If someone is blathering on about something, they are talking for a long time about something that you consider boring or unimportant.
  • prate β€” to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream.
  • hint β€” an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
  • babble β€” If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
  • jaw β€” a swelling wave of water; billow.
  • intimate β€” associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
  • imply β€” implies
  • dish β€” Slang. to gossip about: They talked all night, dishing their former friends.
  • spread β€” to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • tattle β€” to let out secrets.
  • repeat β€” repeat loop
  • talk β€” to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • chat β€” When people chat, they talk to each other in an informal and friendly way.
  • suggest β€” to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
  • report β€” an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
  • prattle β€” to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
  • chatter β€” If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important.
  • insinuate β€” to suggest or hint slyly: He insinuated that they were lying.
  • rumor β€” a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts: a rumor of war.
  • blether β€” blather
  • bad-mouth β€” If someone bad-mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself.
  • cut up β€” If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
  • spill the beans β€” the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
  • tell tales β€” a person who heedlessly or maliciously reveals private or confidential matters; tattler; talebearer.
  • natter β€” to talk incessantly; chatter.
  • chinwag β€” a chat or gossipy conversation
  • converse β€” If you converse with someone, you talk to them. You can also say that two people converse.
  • rumour β€” a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts: a rumor of war.

noun gossip

  • conversation β€” If you have a conversation with someone, you talk with them, usually in an informal situation.
  • buzz β€” If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying.
  • chitchat β€” Chitchat is informal talk about things that are not very important.
  • hearsay β€” unverified, unofficial information gained or acquired from another and not part of one's direct knowledge: I pay no attention to hearsay.
  • news β€” netnews
  • scandal β€” a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
  • slander β€” defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
  • tale β€” a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
  • account β€” If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.
  • calumny β€” Calumny or a calumny is an untrue statement made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for them.
  • chronicle β€” To chronicle a series of events means to write about them or show them in broadcasts in the order in which they happened.
  • clothesline β€” A clothesline is a thin rope on which you hang washing so that it can dry.
  • cry β€” When you cry, tears come from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt.
  • defamation β€” Defamation is the damaging of someone's good reputation by saying something bad and untrue about them.
  • earful β€” an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
  • grapevine β€” a town in N Texas.
  • injury β€” harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
  • meddling β€” to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
  • scuttlebutt β€” Nautical. an open cask of drinking water. a drinking fountain for use by the crew of a vessel.
  • storey β€” story2 .
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