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Noun
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A conversation involving rumors or hearsay about the affairs of others
rumorsUS
rumoursUK
rumorUS
rumourUK
dirt
hearsay
storeysUK
storiesUS
tales
talk
whispers
buzz
canards
goss
tattle
titbits
word
dish
noise
scandal
scuttlebutt
report
bavardage
bruit
news
skinder
story
tale
calumny
defamation
Kaffeeklatsch
labrish
slander
tittle-tattle
malicious gossip
mud-slinging
shu-shu
malicious talk
smear campaign
whispering campaign
on dit
back-fence talk
dirty laundry
dirty linen
dirty wash
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“There's been plenty of gossip floating around about the mayor's shenanigans.”
Noun
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Friendly, informal conversation
chat
chatter
talk
tattle
conversation
natter
blather
blether
confab
jaw
rap
adda
chinwag
confabulation
conference
dialogUS
dialogueUK
discussion
exchange
gabfest
powwow
backchat
cackle
causerie
chitchat
gab
gas
gen
palaver
patter
prattle
clishmaclaver
colloquy
crack
jangle
mag
schmooze
yarn
account
babble
newsmongering
prate
rabbit
chit-chat
small talk
chin music
chin-wag
heart-to-heart
idle talk
table talk
bull session
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“I enjoy going to the hairdresser for a haircut as well as some juicy gossip.”
Noun
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A person who likes talking about other people's private lives
busybody
gossipmonger
quidnunc
scandalmonger
babbler
newsmonger
rumormonger
tattler
bigmouth
blabbermouth
blether
chatterbox
chatterer
circulator
gossiper
prattler
talebearer
telltale
yenta
blatherskite
calumniator
informer
muckraker
tattletale
flibbertigibbet
meddler
parrot
scandalizer
snoop
tale-teller
tittle-tattler
bad-mouth
bad-mouther
rumors babbler
nosy parker
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“She had a reputation for being the town's resident annoying gossip.”
Noun
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Silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing
twaddle
nonsense
rubbish
bull
rot
claptrap
drivel
garbage
bilge
balderdash
blather
guff
hogwash
tosh
tripe
poppycock
bosh
cobblers
piffle
balls
baloney
bunk
trash
gibberish
hooey
pants
blether
chatter
codswallop
eyewash
malarkey
moonshine
tommyrot
bunkum
flapdoodle
hokum
pap
waffle
applesauce
dribble
gabble
gobbledegook
phooey
tattle
trumpery
verbiage
blathers
bushwa
cack
codology
crapola
havers
horsefeathers
inanity
rigmarole
wack
beans
blah
blah-blah
blarney
blatherskite
blither
boloney
buncombe
cod
crock
drool
falderal
fiddle
fiddle-faddle
fiddlesticks
flannel
folderol
folly
foolishness
fudge
gammon
hokeypokey
hoodoo
hot air
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Noun
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A person who makes mischief
mischief-maker
instigator
meddler
mischief-makers
mixer
rabble-rouser
ringleader
stirrer
troublemaker
gremlin
hellion
imp
rogue
scamp
slyboots
agitator
firebrand
agent provocateur
incendiary
inciter
demagogue
nuisance
pest
punk
inflamer
menace
fomenter
exciter
kindler
provocateur
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Noun
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A close friend or companion
crony
friend
companion
comrade
mate
pal
associate
chum
buddy
colleague
confidant
intimate
confidante
familiar
china
alter ego
compatriot
amigo
compadre
confederate
co-worker
workmate
best friend
boon companion
butty
cully
homeboy
mucker
oppo
second self
spar
accomplice
ally
bezzie
bosom buddy
bosom chum
bro
cohort
compeer
fellow
hobnobber
homegirl
marra
marrer
marrow
musketeer
paisan
running mate
cobber
consociate
gabba
offsider
sidekick
acquaintance
coconspirator
comate
main man
partner
supporter
fidus Achates
good buddy
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Noun
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The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge
backbiting
scandalmongering
abuse
calumny
cattiness
defamation
denigration
disparagement
slander
vilification
vituperation
libel
maligning
smearing
aspersions
calumniation
detraction
insults
malice
malicious talk
muckraking
mud-slinging
revilement
slurs
spite
spitefulness
aspersion
backstabbing
badmouthing
bad-mouthing
belittlement
character assassination
depreciation
infighting
invective
lie
obloquy
rubbishing
scandal
slagging
spiteful talk
tale
traducement
viciousness
hateful talk
slagging off
unkind remarks
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Noun
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Sister-wife
co-mother
commère
sister-wife
stepmother
bonus mother
Noun
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An intentionally false statement
lie
fabrication
falsehood
fib
untruth
deception
falsity
fiction
falsification
prevarication
invention
mendacity
misinformation
dishonesty
disinformation
exaggeration
myth
perjury
sham
deceit
inaccuracy
porky
pretenseUS
pretenceUK
story
white lie
dissimulation
distortion
guile
misrepresentation
misstatement
pretext
propaganda
subterfuge
tale
bulldust
fable
falseness
forgery
fraudulence
hyperbole
line
whopper
yarn
backbiting
detraction
evasion
taradiddle
tarradiddle
half-truth
departure from the truth
fairy tale
flight of fancy
made-up story
piece of fiction
tall story
tall tale
terminological inexactitude
trumped-up story
barefaced lie
fake news
figment of the imagination
little white lie
red herring
alternative fact
cock and bull story
fairy story
pork pie
porky pie
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Noun
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Mud-slinger
traducer
abuser
defamer
deprecator
detractor
disparager
slanderer
smearer
asperser
calumniator
denigrator
maligner
vilifier
knocker
mud-slinger
censurer
belittler
carper
caviller
reviler
fault-finder
attacker
backbiter
nitpicker
critic
muckraker
censor
decrier
castigator
niggler
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Noun
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Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people
scaremonger
alarmist
Cassandra
doom-monger
doomsayer
newsmonger
pessimist
rumormonger
troublemaker
prophet of doom
Calamity Jane
doom merchant
fear monger
voice of doom
doom and gloom merchant
spreader of despair and despondency
doomster
Chicken Little
doomsdayer
doomtard
apocalyptic
apocalypticist
gloom-monger
fatalist
killjoy
fearmonger
misery
wet blanket
doubter
cynic
scepticUK
doomwatcher
skepticUS
misanthrope
defeatist
worrywart
naysayer
worrier
scoffer
doubting Thomas
kill-joy
Jeremiah
croaker
quitter
yielder
loser
prophet of woe
prophet of evil
misanthropist
nonbeliever
flouter
carper
misogynist
disparager
egotist
satirist
misogamist
disbeliever
caviler
sneerer
detractor
egoist
questioner
unbeliever
mocker
melancholic
sourpuss
worryguts
gloomy
crepehanger
downer
nihilist
complainer
gloomy Gus
depreciator
gloom merchant
party pooper
Noun
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The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks
banter
repartee
jesting
joking
raillery
badinage
joshing
kidding
persiflage
ribbing
wordplay
chaff
crosstalk
derision
jeering
mockery
quipping
quips
ripostes
sallies
swordplay
teasing
wisecracks
backchat
drollery
give-and-take
jocularity
pleasantry
witticism
witticisms
bants
chaffing
bons mots
chitchat
dissing
exchange
fun
play
ridicule
wit
witty conversation
witty remarks
playful jab
small talk
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Noun
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The forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence
speculation
conjecture
theory
guess
hypothesis
guesswork
opinion
supposition
surmise
theorisingUK
theorizingUS
consideration
deliberation
guesstimate
hypothesisingUK
hypothesizingUS
postulation
talk
thesis
contemplation
forecast
notion
prediction
assumption
belief
brainwork
cerebration
cogitation
excogitation
hearsay
hunch
meditation
reflection
review
rumourUK
rumorUS
shot
stab
studying
thinking
thought
weighing
sneaking suspicion
shot in the dark
stab in the dark
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Verb
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To spread rumors
tattle
tittle-tattle
muckrake
skinder
talk
whisper
circulate rumours
spread gossip
spread rumors
spread rumours
spread stories
tell tales
bad-mouth
dish the dirt
wiggle-waggle
bruit something about
bruit something abroad
tell secrets
spill the beans
talk out of turn
tell tales out of school
circulate
rumorUS
rumourUK
blab
bruit
report
noise
spread
tell
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“Our employees appear to have a disturbing tendency to gossip about their coworkers.”
Verb
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To chat idly
chat
talk
jaw
converse
chinwag
gas
natter
blab
blather
blether
chatter
dish
rap
schmooze
tattle
wag
yak
yap
confabulate
mag
prate
prattle
babble
discuss things
have a chat
have a conversation
have a talk
engage in conversation
chat idly
chew the fat
chew the rag
have a chinwag
have a confab
shoot the breeze
speak to each other
talk idly
shoot the bull
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“Many patrons would just sit around and gossip with their friends over a few drinks.”
Verb
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To communicate to the public
divulge
tell
expose
reveal
disclose
uncover
declare
leak
publish
betray
communicate
confess
impart
make known
proclaim
spill
exhibit
promulgate
discover
let slip
unbosom
admit
bare
broadcast
cough
out
pass on
uncloak
unmask
unveil
bewray
blab
blurt out
make public
mouth
spring
tattle
give away
go public with
let drop
let on about
blow wide open
bring into the open
bring out
bring to light
come out with
cough up
fess up
go public
let on
let out
open up
own up
spill the beans about
squeal about
tell all about
tip off
blow the lid off
blow the whistle
get off your chest
let hair down
spill the beans
blow the gaff on
spill your guts about
let the cat out of the bag about
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Verb
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To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone
backbite
detract
knock
libel
rubbish
abuse
calumniate
defame
denigrate
disparage
malign
revile
slander
traduce
vilify
backstab
badmouth
bad-mouth
lie
scandaliseUK
scandalizeUS
spite
vituperate
smear
asperse
slur
insult
decry
blacken
misrepresent
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Verb
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Interfere in something that is not one's concern
meddle
interfere
intrude
pry
interlope
intervene
intermeddle
interpose
obtrude
poke
snoop
butt in
nose
busybody
kibitz
mess
tamper
thrust
horn in
advance
encroach
encumber
hinder
impede
impose
infringe
enquireUK
inquireUS
invade
molest
muscle in
sidewalk-superintend
stir
trespass
mess with
abuse rights
barge in
chime in
come uninvited
dabble in
fool with
mess around
mix in
muck about
muck around
push in
worm in
break in on
crash the gates
stick nose in
put two cents in
put your two cents in
put your oar in
stick your nose in
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