rumor

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of RUMOR

to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy <for years people have been rumoring the CEO's imminent retirement>

Synonyms bruit (about), circulate, noise (about or out), whisper

Related Words bandy (about), blab, dish, gossip, tattle; bare, disclose, divulge, expose, let on (about), report, reveal, spill, tell; hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest; blaze, broadcast, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publicize, spread

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