The media got wind of a rumor about his engagement and came quickly.
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Rumor
/ˈɹumɚ/
Synonyms for "rumor" (108 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Noun(11 words)
conspiraciesconspiracydirtdisseminatefamefriction chattergossipgossippinggossipsleast historicalmoot
Verb(1 words)
Related words (54)
Noun(22 words)
murmursmutteringnoiseon ditpropagaterattlingsrumourscandalsoughspreadswirltaletidbitunverified reporturban mythviruses lessonwhisperwhisperingwhispersword
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word on the streetword on the wire
Verb(1 words)
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More general
9 entriesMore specific
5 entriesCollocations
10 entriescirculate rumorsfalse rumorgossip millpublic rumorrumor millrumor mongeringspread rumorsunfounded rumorunfounded rumorswild rumor
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 19 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- গুজব noun (uncountable: information)
Czech
1 entries- drby noun (uncountable: information)
Dutch
1 entries- geruchten noun (uncountable: information)
Finnish
2 entries- huhu noun (uncountable: information)
- kuulopuhe noun (uncountable: information)
German
2 entries- Gerede noun (uncountable: information)
- Gerüchte noun (uncountable: information)
Greek
2 entries- διαδόσεις noun (uncountable: information)
- φήμες noun (uncountable: information)
Japanese
1 entries- 噂 noun (uncountable: information)
Latvian
1 entries- baumas noun (uncountable: information)
Portuguese
2 entries- boato noun (uncountable: information)
- rumor noun (uncountable: information)
Romanian
1 entries- zvon noun (uncountable: information)
Russian
2 entries- молва́ noun (uncountable: information)
- слу́хи noun (uncountable: information)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fathann noun (uncountable: information)
Slovene
1 entries- govorica noun (uncountable: information)
Spanish
2 entries- habladurías noun (uncountable: information)
- rumorología noun (uncountable: information)
Swedish
1 entries- rykte noun (uncountable: information)
Tamil
1 entries- புரளி noun (uncountable: information)
Telugu
1 entries- పుకారు noun (uncountable: information)
Tibetan
1 entries- དཀྲོག་གཏམ noun (uncountable: information)
Turkish
2 entries- rivayet noun (uncountable: information)
- söylenti noun (uncountable: information)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
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)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.