Rumor

//ˈɹumɚ//

Synonyms for "rumor" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

Noun(3 words)
hearsaybruitbuzz
Verb(1 words)
bruit

Strong matches (26)

Related words (42)

Verb(1 words)
rumour

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

7 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

3 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

11 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

3 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

9 entries

Translations

205 translations across 78 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • thashetheme noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ጭምጭምታ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • θροῦς noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • φάτις noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Arabic

2 entries
  • إِشَاعَة noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • شَائِعَة noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Armenian

3 entries
  • ասեկոսե noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • բամբասանք noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • ձայն noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Assamese

1 entries
  • উৰাবাতৰি noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • dedi-qodu noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • rəvayət noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • xəbər noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • şayiə noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • гаво́рка noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • гамана́ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • гамо́нка noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • звон noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Bengali

2 entries
  • কিংবদন্তি noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • গুজব noun (uncountable: information)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • мълва́ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • слух noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကောလာဟလ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Catalan

1 entries
  • rumor noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 傳聞 /传闻 noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • 傳言 /传言 noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 傳聞 /传闻 noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • 傳言 /传言 noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Chinese Pidgin English

1 entries
  • bunder noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Czech

4 entries
  • drby noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • drby noun (uncountable: information)
  • fáma noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • zvěst noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Danish

2 entries
  • forlydende noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • rygte noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Dari

3 entries
  • آوَازَه noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • اَفْوَاه noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • شَایِعَه noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Dutch

2 entries
  • gerucht noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • geruchten noun (uncountable: information)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • onidiro noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Estonian

1 entries
  • faama noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Finnish

3 entries
  • huhu noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • huhu noun (uncountable: information)
  • kuulopuhe noun (uncountable: information)

French

2 entries
  • bruit noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • rumeur noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Galician

1 entries
  • rumor noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ჭორი noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • ხმა noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • ხმები noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

German

3 entries
  • Gerede noun (uncountable: information)
  • Gerücht noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • Gerüchte noun (uncountable: information)

Greek

3 entries
  • διαδόσεις noun (uncountable: information)
  • φήμες noun (uncountable: information)
  • φήμη noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שְׁמוּעָה noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अफवा noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • अफवाह noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • अफ़वाह noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • गप्प noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • híresztelés noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • pletyka noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • szóbeszéd noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • desas-desus noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • isu noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • kabar angin noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • kabar burung noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • آوازِه noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • اَفْواه noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • شایِعِه noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Italian

2 entries
  • voce noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • voci di corridoio noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 伝聞 noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • 噂 noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • 噂 noun (uncountable: information)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • дақпырт noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • дерек noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • сыбыс noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • хабар noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ចចាមអារ៉ាម noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • ជនវាទ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • ពាក្យចចាមអារ៉ាម noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Korean

2 entries
  • 소문 noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • 풍문 noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • дарек noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • кабар noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • ушак noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Lao

3 entries
  • ຂ່າວລື noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • ຄວາມລື noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • ໂຄມລອຽ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Latin

2 entries
  • auditus noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • rūmor noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Latvian

2 entries
  • bauma noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • baumas noun (uncountable: information)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • gandas noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • гласина noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • слух noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Malay

1 entries
  • khabar angin noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Maltese

1 entries
  • xniegħa noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Marathi

1 entries
  • अफवा noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • цуу noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • цуу үг noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • цуурхал noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Māori

4 entries
  • kohimu noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • tūtara noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • waha kau noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • wawara noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • rykte noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • rykte noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • تواتر noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Pashto

3 entries
  • افواه noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • اوازه noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • شايعه noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Polish

2 entries
  • plotka noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • pogłoska noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • boato noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • boato noun (uncountable: information)
  • rumor noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • rumor noun (uncountable: information)

Romanian

4 entries
  • bârfă noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • rumoare noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • zvon noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • zvon noun (uncountable: information)

Russian

4 entries
  • молва́ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • молва́ noun (uncountable: information)
  • слу́хи noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • слу́хи noun (uncountable: information)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • fathann noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • fathann noun (uncountable: information)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • glàsina noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • гла̀сина noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Slovak

3 entries
  • fáma noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • povesť noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • reči noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Slovene

3 entries
  • govorica noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • govorica noun (uncountable: information)
  • opravljanje noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Spanish

4 entries
  • habladurías noun (uncountable: information)
  • rumor noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • rumorología noun (uncountable: information)
  • voz noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Swedish

2 entries
  • rykte noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • rykte noun (uncountable: information)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • sabi-sabi noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • tsismis noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • usap-usapan noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Tajik

3 entries
  • афвоҳ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • овоза noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • шоеа noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Tamil

4 entries
  • கிசுகிசு noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • புரளி noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • புரளி noun (uncountable: information)
  • வதந்தி noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Tatar

1 entries
  • имеш-мимеш noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Telugu

2 entries
  • పుకారు noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • పుకారు noun (uncountable: information)

Thai

1 entries
  • ข่าวลือ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • དཀྲོག་གཏམ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • དཀྲོག་གཏམ noun (uncountable: information)

Turkish

4 entries
  • rivayet noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • rivayet noun (uncountable: information)
  • söylenti noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • söylenti noun (uncountable: information)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • rovaaýat noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • го́вір noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • плі́тка noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • по́голос noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • погові́р noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Urdu

2 entries
  • آوازَہ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • اَفْواہ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • خەۋەر noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • مىش-مىش پاراڭ noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • darak noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • mish-mish gap noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • ovoza noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • xabar noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • lời đồn noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • tin đồn noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Yao

1 entries
  • liwewe class 5 noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Yiddish

4 entries
  • פּאָטש noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • פּליאָטקע noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • שלח־מנות noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)
  • שמועה noun (statement or claim from no known reliable source)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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The media got wind of a rumor about his engagement and came quickly.

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The rumor is not true as far as I know.

Source: tatoeba (26637)

The rumor turned out false.

Source: tatoeba (26638)

The rumor turned out true.

Source: tatoeba (26639)

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