rumor
noun
verb (used with object)
Origin of rumor
Synonyms for rumor
Related Words for rumor
comment, lie, story, word, hearsay, innuendo, whisper, falsehood, tale, hoax, suggestion, scandal, report, gossip, news, fabrication, wire, invention, notoriety, bruitExamples from the Web for rumor
Contemporary Examples of rumor
Not even Radio Bemba (Cuban slang for the rumor mill) had picked up the signal.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left BehindBrin-Jonathan Butler
December 19, 2014
He does, however, attempt to dispel some of the myths that have emerged from hearsay and rumor over the last century.
Thus the rumor as well as the reality of the threat is used for intimidation.
A Rumor of Angels: Quotations for Living, Dying and Letting Goby Gail Perry Johnson and Jill Perry Rabideau.
But the rumor that House Republicans were cutting funding for Ebola had already taken off.
Historical Examples of rumor
That morning a rumor had reached the village of a famine in the island of Crete.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
They were built upon high cliffs and rumor had it that no enemy could take them.
Ancient ManHendrik Willem van Loon
We had paused to recuperate our animals, and there was a rumor that we were to get new clothing.
The CavalierGeorge Washington Cable
The rumor of the threatened attack on the spread was known to all the nine now.
Frank Roscoe's SecretAllen Chapman
Indeed there was rumor that white travelers had seen them north of Mexico.
Introductory American HistoryHenry Eldridge Bourne