'Rumor' definitions:
Definition of 'rumor'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Rumor'
From: GCIDE
- Rumor \Ru"mor\, n. [F. rumeur, L. rumor; cf. rumificare, rumitare to rumor, Skr. ru to cry.] [Written also rumour.]
- 1. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety. [1913 Webster]
- This rumor of him went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about. --Luke vii. 17. [1913 Webster]
- Great is the rumor of this dreadful knight. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified. [1913 Webster]
- Rumor next, and Chance, And Tumult, and Confusion, all embroiled. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A prolonged, indistinct noise. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rumor'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'rumor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- announce,
- blab,
- break the news,
- breathe,
- bring word,
- bruit,
- bruit about,
- buzz,
- canard,
- chat,
- circulate,
- common talk,
- cry,
- flying rumor,
- give a report,
- give tidings of,
- gossip,
- grapevine,
- hearsay,
- idea afloat,
- info,
- inform,
- information,
- intimate,
- latrine rumor,
- leak,
- low-down,
- make known,
- mumble,
- mutter,
- news,
- news stirring,
- noise abroad,
- on dit,
- on-dit,
- pass around,
- poop,
- put about,
- rehearse,
- relate,
- report,
- reveal,
- roorback,
- rumble,
- rumor,
- say,
- scoop,
- scuttlebutt,
- suggest,
- susurration,
- talk,
- tattle,
- tell,
- tidings,
- tittle-tattle,
- town talk,
- unconfirmed report,
- undertone,
- whisper,
- write up