Associations to the word «Rumor»
Noun
- Misconduct
- Libel
- Assassination
- Credibility
- Stampede
- Propaganda
- Sorcery
- Takeover
- Falsehood
- Prompting
- Ufo
- Witchcraft
- Conjecture
- Exaggeration
- Mutiny
- Empress
- Secrecy
- Unrest
- Pax
- Intrigue
- Klan
- Spacer
- Contrary
- Distrust
- Smear
- Publicity
- Verity
- Suspicion
- Retaliation
- Denial
- Informer
- Hearst
- Sexuality
- Homosexual
- Dowager
- Spy
- Negroes
- Rift
- Discord
- Truth
- Harassment
- Suicide
- Tumult
- Posting
- Scare
- Pell
- Rumour
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
RUMOR, noun. (US) (countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
RUMOR, noun. (US) (uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.
RUMOR, verb. (transitive) (usually used in the passive voice) To tell a rumor about; to gossip.
RUMOR CAMPAIGN, noun. (US) (idiomatic) A method of persuasion in which damaging rumors or innuendo are deliberately spread concerning a person or other target, while the source of the rumors tries to avoid detection.
RUMOR MILL, noun. (idiomatic) A group or network of persons who originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims.
RUMOR MILLS, noun. Plural of rumor mill
RUMOR MONGER, noun. Alternative spelling of rumormonger
Dictionary definition
RUMOR, noun. Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.
RUMOR, verb. Tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.