Gossip

//ˈɡɒsɪp//

Synonyms for "gossip" (385 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (77)

Strong matches (116)

Related words (192)

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12 relation types

More general

12 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

Related terms

4 entries

at location

1 entries

capable of

4 entries

causes desire

1 entries

dbpedia genre

1 entries

derived

15 entries

is a

3 entries

not has_property

1 entries

part of

2 entries

related to

13 entries

Translations

418 translations across 88 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • fietna (Kaaps-Maleis) noun (idle talk)
  • skinder noun (idle talk)
  • skinderaar noun (person)
  • skinderbek noun (person)

Albanian

4 entries
  • thashetheme noun (idle talk)
  • thashethemexhi noun (person)
  • çuçurimë noun (idle talk)
  • çuçurjar noun (person)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إِشَاعَة noun (idle talk)
  • غِيبَة noun (idle talk)
  • نم noun (idle talk)
  • نمام noun (person)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բամբասանք noun (idle talk)
  • բամբասել verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • dalınca danışma noun (idle talk)
  • qeybət noun (idle talk)
  • qeybətçi noun (person)
  • xəbərçi noun (person)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • ғәйбәт noun (idle talk)
  • ғәйбәт тоҡсайы noun (person)
  • ғәйбәтсе noun (person)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • плятка́р noun (person)
  • плятка́рка noun (person)
  • плётка noun (idle talk)
  • плятка́рыць verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • клю́ка noun (idle talk)
  • клюка́р noun (person)
  • клюка́рка noun (person)
  • сплетня́ noun (idle talk)

Burmese

3 entries
  • ဈေးစကား noun (idle talk)
  • သူပြောငါပြော noun (idle talk)
  • အတင်း noun (idle talk)

Catalan

4 entries
  • bugader noun (person)
  • bugadera noun (person)
  • tafaner noun (person)
  • tafanera noun (person)

Chechen

3 entries
  • эладит noun (idle talk)
  • эладитанаш дийца verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)
  • эладитанаш дийца verb (to talk idly)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎦᏬᏂᏓ noun (idle talk)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • mabodza noun (idle talk)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 閒仔話 /闲仔话 noun (idle talk)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 八公 noun (person)
  • 八婆 noun (person)
  • 閒話 /闲话 noun (idle talk)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 八卦的人 noun (person)
  • 寒暄 noun (idle talk)
  • 山海經 /山海经 noun (idle talk)
  • 愛說閒話的人 /爱说闲话的人 noun (person)

Czech

4 entries
  • drb noun (idle talk)
  • drbna noun (person)
  • drby noun (idle talk)
  • klepna noun (person)

Danish

4 entries
  • sladder noun (idle talk)
  • sladrehank noun (person)
  • bagtale verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)
  • sladre verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Dutch

4 entries
  • achterklap noun (idle talk)
  • geroddel noun (idle talk)
  • kletspraatje noun (idle talk)
  • roddel noun (idle talk)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • ངག་ཀྱལ noun (idle talk)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • klaĉanto noun (person)
  • klaĉisto noun (person)
  • klaĉo noun (idle talk)
  • klaĉulo noun (person)

Estonian

2 entries
  • klatš noun (idle talk)
  • kuulujutt noun (idle talk)

Faroese

1 entries
  • slatur noun (idle talk)

Finnish

4 entries
  • juoru noun (idle talk)
  • juoruilija noun (person)
  • juorukello noun (person)
  • juoruilla verb (to talk idly)

French

4 entries
  • cancan noun (idle talk)
  • commère noun (person)
  • commérage noun (idle talk)
  • qu'en-dira-t-on noun (idle talk)

Galician

4 entries
  • conto noun (idle talk)
  • leria noun (idle talk)
  • murmurador noun (person)
  • rexouba noun (idle talk)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ჭორი noun (idle talk)

German

4 entries
  • Klatsch noun (idle talk)
  • Klatschtante noun (person)
  • Klatschweib noun (person)
  • Tratsch noun (idle talk)

Greek

4 entries
  • κουτσομπολιό noun (idle talk)
  • κουτσομπόλα noun (person)
  • κουτσομπόλης noun (person)
  • κουτσομπολεύω verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 閒話 /闲话 noun (idle talk)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • רְכִילוּת noun (idle talk)
  • רכלן noun (person)
  • רִכֵל verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अफ़वाह noun (idle talk)
  • गप-शप noun (idle talk)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • pletyka noun (idle talk)
  • pletykafészek noun (person)
  • pletykás noun (person)
  • pletykál verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • slúður noun (idle talk)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • gosip noun (idle talk)

Irish

1 entries
  • scéalaíocht noun (idle talk)

Italian

4 entries
  • chiacchera noun (idle talk)
  • chiacchierona noun (person)
  • chiacchierone noun (person)
  • ciarla noun (idle talk)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 世間話 noun (idle talk)
  • 噂 noun (idle talk)

Kabuverdianu

3 entries
  • linguara verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)
  • linguara verb (to talk idly)
  • rue verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ғайбат noun (idle talk)
  • өсек noun (idle talk)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ចចាមអារ៉ាម noun (idle talk)
  • ចចេចចចូច verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Korean

3 entries
  • 입방아 noun (idle talk)
  • 험담 noun (idle talk)
  • 입방아를 찧다 verb (to talk idly)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ушак noun (idle talk)

Ladino

3 entries
  • mesherikera noun (person)
  • mesherikero noun (person)
  • mesherikear verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Lao

4 entries
  • ຄົນນິນທາ noun (person)
  • ຄົນມັກນິນທາ noun (person)
  • ປາກຕລາດ noun (idle talk)
  • ປາກບອນ noun (idle talk)

Latin

2 entries
  • lingulāca noun (person)
  • rūmusculī noun (idle talk)

Latvian

1 entries
  • tenka noun (idle talk)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • paskala noun (idle talk)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Klaatsch noun (idle talk)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • озбо́рувач noun (person)
  • озбору́вачка noun (person)
  • озбору́вање noun (idle talk)
  • тра́чар noun (person)

Malay

2 entries
  • gosip noun (idle talk)
  • bawang verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Maranao

1 entries
  • bantabantaan verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • хов noun (idle talk)
  • хов жив noun (idle talk)

Māori

4 entries
  • pakitara noun (idle talk)
  • pōtinitini noun (idle talk)
  • tarawau noun (idle talk)
  • tūtara noun (idle talk)

Navajo

1 entries
  • aseezį́ noun (idle talk)

Norman

1 entries
  • conméthe noun (person)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • ryktemaker noun (person)
  • ryktesmed noun (person)
  • skvaldrebøtte noun (person)
  • sladder noun (idle talk)

Persian

3 entries
  • سخنچین noun (person)
  • سخنچینی noun (idle talk)
  • غیبت noun (idle talk)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Pludra noun (idle talk)

Polish

4 entries
  • plotka noun (idle talk)
  • plotkarka noun (person)
  • plotkarz noun (person)
  • plotkować verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • bisbilhotice noun (idle talk)
  • fofoca noun (idle talk)
  • fofoqueiro noun (person)
  • futriqueiro noun (person)

Romanian

3 entries
  • bârfă noun (idle talk)
  • palavragioaică noun (person)
  • palavragiu noun (person)

Russian

4 entries
  • болтовня́ noun (idle talk)
  • болту́н noun (person)
  • болту́нья noun (person)
  • слу́хи noun (idle talk)

Scots

1 entries
  • auld wife noun (person)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • beadag noun (person)
  • cabag noun (person)
  • cabaire noun (person)
  • cabairneach noun (person)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ogovaranje noun (idle talk)
  • trȁč noun (idle talk)
  • оговарање noun (idle talk)
  • тра̏ч noun (idle talk)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • cuttigghiara noun (person)
  • cuttigghiaru noun (person)
  • cuttigghiu noun (idle talk)
  • cuttigghiari verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Slovak

4 entries
  • klebetníca noun (person)
  • klebetník noun (person)
  • klebety noun (idle talk)
  • reči noun (idle talk)

Slovene

2 entries
  • obrekovanje noun (idle talk)
  • opravljanje noun (idle talk)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alcahuete noun (person)
  • argüende noun (idle talk)
  • argüendera noun (person)
  • argüendero noun (person)

Swahili

4 entries
  • mdakizi noun (person)
  • mdaku noun (person)
  • tetesi noun (idle talk)
  • udaku noun (idle talk)

Swedish

4 entries
  • skvaller noun (idle talk)
  • skvallerbytta noun (person)
  • skvallerkvarn noun (person)
  • skvallerkäring noun (person)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • sitsit noun (idle talk)
  • tsika noun (idle talk)
  • tsismis noun (idle talk)
  • tsismosa noun (person)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ғайбат noun (idle talk)

Tatar

1 entries
  • гайбәт noun (idle talk)

Telugu

1 entries
  • గాలి కబుర్లు noun (idle talk)

Thai

4 entries
  • การซุบซิบ noun (idle talk)
  • การนินทา noun (idle talk)
  • ขี้ปาก noun (idle talk)
  • ข่าวลือ noun (idle talk)

Tibetan

4 entries
  • ཁ་བདར་གློད་མཁན noun (person)
  • ཁ་བཤད noun (idle talk)
  • འཆལ་གཏམ noun (idle talk)
  • ལབ་ལོབ noun (idle talk)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • käskor noun (idle talk)

Turkish

4 entries
  • dedikodu noun (idle talk)
  • dedikoducu noun (person)
  • dedikodu yapmak verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)
  • çene çalmak verb (to talk idly)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • базі́кало noun (person)
  • плету́н noun (person)
  • плету́нка noun (person)
  • плі́тка noun (idle talk)

Urdu

1 entries
  • گپ شپ noun (idle talk)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • غەيۋەت noun (idle talk)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • gʻiybat noun (idle talk)

Welsh

2 entries
  • clecs noun (idle talk)
  • straeon noun (idle talk)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • שלח־מנות noun (idle talk)
  • שמועה noun (idle talk)

Yoruba

4 entries
  • gbéborùn noun (person)
  • olófòófó noun (person)
  • òfófó noun (idle talk)
  • ọ̀rọ̀ ẹ̀yìn noun (idle talk)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • ʘgāle verb (to talk about someone else's private or personal business)

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

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I have no time to engage in gossip.

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Malicious gossip spreads like wildfire. I guess that's why they say bad news travels fast.

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I wouldn't let a goof-up like that get to you. People have short memories and the one good thing about gossip is that it's short-lived.

Source: tatoeba (41339)

The gossip hurt his reputation.

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