| Rumor 1. (n.) A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety. 2. (n.) A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified. 3. (n.) A prolonged, indistinct noise. 4. (v. t.) To report by rumor; to tell. Thesaurus Entries 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 |