'Hearsay' definitions:
Definition of 'hearsay'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Hearsay'
From: GCIDE
- Hearsay \Hear"say`\ (h[=e]r"s[=a]`), n. Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another. [1913 Webster]
- Much of the obloquy that has so long rested on the memory of our great national poet originated in frivolous hearsays of his life and conversation. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]
- Hearsay evidence (Law), that species of testimony which consists in a narration by one person of matters told him by another. It is, with a few exceptions, inadmissible as testimony. --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hearsay'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- adducible,
- admissible,
- attestative,
- attestive,
- authentic,
- based on,
- bruit,
- buzz,
- canard,
- certain,
- circumstantial,
- circumstantial evidence,
- collateral evidence,
- common talk,
- conclusive,
- convincing,
- corpus delicti,
- cry,
- cumulative,
- cumulative evidence,
- damning,
- decisive,
- determinative,
- direct evidence,
- documentary,
- documentary evidence,
- documented,
- evidence in chief,
- evidential,
- evidentiary,
- ex parte,
- ex parte evidence,
- extrinsic evidence,
- eye-witness,
- factual,
- final,
- firsthand,
- flying rumor,
- founded on,
- gossip,
- grapevine,
- grounded on,
- hearsay evidence,
- idea afloat,
- implicit,
- incontrovertible,
- incriminating evidence,
- indicative,
- indirect evidence,
- indisputable,
- intrinsic evidence,
- irrefutable,
- irresistible,
- latrine rumor,
- material,
- news stirring,
- nuncupative,
- on-dit,
- oral evidence,
- overwhelming,
- presumptive,
- presumptive evidence,
- prima facie evidence,
- probative,
- reliable,
- report,
- roorback,
- rumble,
- rumor,
- scuttlebutt,
- significant,
- suggestive,
- sure,
- symptomatic,
- talk,
- telling,
- town talk,
- unconfirmed report,
- valid,
- weighty,
- whisper,
- word-of-mouth evidence