Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun grapevine

2 senses of grapevine

Sense 1
grapevine, pipeline, word of mouth -- (gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth")
       => gossip, comment, scuttlebutt -- (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip")

Sense 2
grape, grapevine, grape vine -- (any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries)
       => vine -- (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)