I heard the news through the grapevine.
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Grapevine
//ˈɡɹeɪp.vaɪn//
Synonyms for "grapevine" (129 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (64)
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4 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
173 translations across 87 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- аӡахәа noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Albanian
2 entries- hardhi noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vile noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄμπελος noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Arabic
3 entries- جَفْنَة noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- دَالِيَة noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- كَرْمَة noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Aramaic
2 entries- ܓܦܬܐ noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- ܕܠܝܬܐ noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Armenian
4 entries- խաղող noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- խաղողի որթ noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- որթ noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- որթատունկ noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Asturian
2 entries- uvar noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vide noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- meynə noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- tənək noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лоза noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Burmese
1 entries- စပျစ်ပင် noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Catalan
2 entries- parra noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vinya noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- مێو noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Chichewa
1 entries- mpesa noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 葡萄樹 /葡萄树 noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- 葡萄藤 noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- xocomecatl noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Cornish
1 entries- gwinbren noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Czech
2 entries- vinná réva noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- víno noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Dalmatian
1 entries- vaita noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Danish
1 entries- vinstok noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Dutch
4 entries- druivelaar noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- geruchtencircuit noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- geruchtenmolen noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- tamtam noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
Esperanto
3 entries- vinberarbo noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vinberujo noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vito noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Estonian
1 entries- viinapuu noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Finnish
4 entries- hevosmiesten uutistoimisto noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- juoru noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- puskaradio noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- viiniköynnös noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
French
3 entries- rumeur noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- téléphone arabe noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- vigne noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Friulian
1 entries- vît noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Galician
4 entries- bacelada noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- bacelo noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- cepa noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- parra noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Georgian
1 entries- ვაზი noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
German
4 entries- Buschtrommel noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- Buschtrommeln noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- Flurfunk noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- Gerüchteküche noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Greek
3 entries- άμπελος noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- αμπέλι noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- κλήμα noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Hebrew
1 entries- גֶּפֶן noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Hungarian
3 entries- azt csiripelik a verebek noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- szőlőtő noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- szőlőtőke noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Icelandic
1 entries- vínviður noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Ido
1 entries- vito noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Ingrian
1 entries- viinamarja noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Interlingua
1 entries- vite noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Irish
1 entries- fíniúin noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Istriot
1 entries- veîda noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Italian
3 entries- tam-tam noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- vite noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vitigno noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Japanese
3 entries- 噂 noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- 葡萄の蔓 noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- 蔓 noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Korean
3 entries- 넝쿨 noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- 덩굴 noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- 포도 덩굴 noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Latin
2 entries- vīnea noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vītis noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Laz
1 entries- ბინეხი noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Lithuanian
2 entries- vynmedis noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vynuogenojas noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Macedonian
1 entries- лоза noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡴᡠᠪᡠᡵᡥᡝᠨ noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Manx
2 entries- billey feeyn noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- billey feeyney noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- aloqomanaqsi noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Miami
1 entries- aahsanteepakwi noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Middle Armenian
1 entries- տոլի noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Middle English
2 entries- vine noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vine-tre noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Mingrelian
2 entries- ბენე noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- ბინეხი noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Māori
2 entries- aka wāina noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- tiriwae noun (a move in skating.)
Norman
1 entries- vîngne noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- mêw noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Norwegian
1 entries- jungeltelegrafen noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- vindrue noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vinranke noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- vindrue noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vinranke noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Occitan
1 entries- vinha noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Old English
1 entries- wīntrēow noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آصمه noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- رز noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Persian
4 entries- انگور noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- تاک noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- رز noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- مو noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Piedmontese
1 entries- vis noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Polish
2 entries- poczta pantoflowa noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- winorośl noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Portuguese
4 entries- parreira noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- rumor noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- telefone sem fio noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- videira noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Romanian
2 entries- viță noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- viță de vie noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Russian
4 entries- виногра́д noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- виногра́дная лоза́ noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- лоза́ noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- сарафа́нное ра́дио noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
Sardinian
2 entries- bide noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vide noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- glasina noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- vinova loza noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Sicilian
1 entries- viti noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Spanish
4 entries- parra noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- radio macuto noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- rumor noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- vid noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Sranan Tongo
2 entries- mofokoranti noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- moforadio noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
Swahili
1 entries- mzabibu noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Swedish
1 entries- vinranka noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Tagalog
1 entries- baging noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Tarifit
1 entries- tzayart noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Telugu
1 entries- తీగ noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Thai
3 entries- พรายกระซิบ noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- สายสนกลใน noun (informal means of circulating gossip)
- องุ่น noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Turkish
2 entries- asma noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- üzüm asması noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎂𐎔𐎐 noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Unami
1 entries- wisahkimënshi noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Venetan
3 entries- vida noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- vide noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- végna noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cây nho noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Welsh
1 entries- gwinwydd noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Yoruba
1 entries- àjàrà noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Yucatec Maya
1 entries- ak' noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Zazaki
3 entries- mew noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- mewser noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
- mosêr noun (the plant on which grapes grow)
Sample sentences
39 total sentences available.
Hey Tom, I heard through the grapevine that you and Susie are going out. Way to go!
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Tom heard through the grapevine that Mary had gotten into Harvard.
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I can explain what’s on the grapevine.
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