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

1 sense of rumor

Sense 1
rumor, rumour, hearsay -- (gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth)
       => gossip, comment, scuttlebutt -- (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rumor

1 sense of rumor

Sense 1
rumor, rumour, bruit -- (tell or spread rumors; "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman")
       => dish the dirt, gossip -- (wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies; "She won't dish the dirt")