I have no time to engage in gossip.
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Gossip
/ˈɡɒsɪp/
Synonyms for "gossip" (313 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (63)
Noun(17 words)
a tale-bearing animalaccountaceamigoassociatebabblebabblementback-fence gossipbanterbavardagebe closeted withbedfellowbedmatebibble-babbleblabblabberblabbermouthblah-blahblatherblatherskite
Strong matches (94)
Related words (156)
hot airidle talkimplyinformationinquirerinquisitiveinquisitorinsinuateintimatejabberjawmake conversationmatemere talkmessmatemurmurnatternewsnewsmongernewsmongering
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newspapermannonsense talknosy parkerold cronyon diton-ditpalpalaverpardpardnerpartnerpatterpaul prypeeping tompiece of gossipplayfellowplaymatepooppour forthpratepratingprattleprittle prattleprittle-prattlepryquerierqueristquestionerquidnuncrambleramble onrattlerattle onreel offreportreporterretail gossiproommaterubberneckrubberneckerrumblerumorrumormongerrun onscandalscandalmongerschoolfellowschoolmatescopophiliacscuttlebuttshipmateside partnersidekicksievesightseersmall talksnoopsnooperspoutspout offstorysuggesttabbytaletalebearertalebearingtaletellertaletellingtalktalk awaytalk nonsensetalk ontalkee talkeetalkee-talkeetattletattlertattletaleteammatetell idle talestelltaletete-a-tetetittle tattletittle-tattletittle-tattlertwaddletwattletwittervisitvoyeurwafflewhisperwhisperingwordworkfellowyakyakkety-yakyentayokefellowyokemate
Noun(23 words)
Verb(13 words)
Adjective(1 words)
noneducational talk
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More general
16 entriesMore specific
10 entriescelebrity gossipcelebrity rumorchit chatidle talkoffice gossipoffice gossiperoffice rumorrumor spreadingschool gossipschool gossiper
Collocations
10 entriescelebrity gossipgossip aboutgossip millgossip withidle gossipoffice gossiponline gossipschool gossipspread gossipspreading gossip
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
134 translations across 45 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- skinderaar noun (person)
- skinderbek noun (person)
Albanian
2 entries- thashethemexhi noun (person)
- çuçurjar noun (person)
Arabic
4 entries- نمام noun (person)
- نمامة noun (person)
- نَمَّام noun (person)
- نَمَّامة noun (person)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qeybətçi noun (person)
- xəbərçi noun (person)
Bashkir
2 entries- ғәйбәт тоҡсайы noun (person)
- ғәйбәтсе noun (person)
Belarusian
2 entries- плятка́р noun (person)
- плятка́рка noun (person)
Bulgarian
2 entries- клюка́р noun (person)
- клюка́рка noun (person)
Catalan
4 entries- bugader noun (person)
- bugadera noun (person)
- tafaner noun (person)
- tafanera noun (person)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 八公 noun (person)
- 八婆 noun (person)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 八卦的人 noun (person)
- 愛說閒話的人 /爱说闲话的人 noun (person)
Czech
4 entries- drbna noun (person)
- klepna noun (person)
- klevetnice noun (person)
- klevetník noun (person)
Danish
1 entries- sladrehank noun (person)
Dutch
2 entries- roddelaar noun (person)
- roddelaarster noun (person)
Esperanto
3 entries- klaĉanto noun (person)
- klaĉisto noun (person)
- klaĉulo noun (person)
Finnish
2 entries- juoruilija noun (person)
- juorukello noun (person)
French
1 entries- commère noun (person)
Galician
2 entries- murmurador noun (person)
- rexoubeiro noun (person)
German
4 entries- Klatschtante noun (person)
- Klatschweib noun (person)
- Tratsche noun (person)
- Tratschtante noun (person)
Greek
2 entries- κουτσομπόλα noun (person)
- κουτσομπόλης noun (person)
Hebrew
1 entries- רכלן noun (person)
Hungarian
2 entries- pletykafészek noun (person)
- pletykás noun (person)
Italian
4 entries- chiacchierona noun (person)
- chiacchierone noun (person)
- ciarlatano noun (person)
- comare noun (person)
Ladino
2 entries- mesherikera noun (person)
- mesherikero noun (person)
Lao
2 entries- ຄົນນິນທາ noun (person)
- ຄົນມັກນິນທາ noun (person)
Latin
1 entries- lingulāca noun (person)
Macedonian
4 entries- озбо́рувач noun (person)
- озбору́вачка noun (person)
- тра́чар noun (person)
- тра́чарка noun (person)
Norman
1 entries- conméthe noun (person)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- ryktemaker noun (person)
- ryktesmed noun (person)
- skvaldrebøtte noun (person)
Persian
1 entries- سخنچین noun (person)
Polish
2 entries- plotkarka noun (person)
- plotkarz noun (person)
Portuguese
4 entries- fofoqueiro noun (person)
- futriqueiro noun (person)
- futriquento noun (person)
- fuxiqueiro noun (person)
Romanian
2 entries- palavragioaică noun (person)
- palavragiu noun (person)
Russian
4 entries- болту́н noun (person)
- болту́нья noun (person)
- спле́тник noun (person)
- спле́тница noun (person)
Scots
1 entries- auld wife noun (person)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- beadag noun (person)
- cabag noun (person)
- cabaire noun (person)
- cabairneach noun (person)
Sicilian
2 entries- cuttigghiara noun (person)
- cuttigghiaru noun (person)
Slovak
2 entries- klebetníca noun (person)
- klebetník noun (person)
Spanish
4 entries- alcahuete noun (person)
- argüendera noun (person)
- argüendero noun (person)
- chismosa noun (person)
Swahili
2 entries- mdakizi noun (person)
- mdaku noun (person)
Swedish
4 entries- skvallerbytta noun (person)
- skvallerkvarn noun (person)
- skvallerkäring noun (person)
- skvallermoster noun (person)
Tagalog
2 entries- tsismosa noun (person)
- tsismoso noun (person)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཁ་བདར་གློད་མཁན noun (person)
Turkish
1 entries- dedikoducu noun (person)
Ukrainian
4 entries- базі́кало noun (person)
- плету́н noun (person)
- плету́нка noun (person)
- плітка́р noun (person)
Yoruba
2 entries- gbéborùn noun (person)
- olófòófó noun (person)
Sample sentences
39 total sentences available.
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.
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The gossip hurt his reputation.
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