rumor

rumor is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
2. noun. A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; -- in this sense often personified.
3. noun. A prolonged, indistinct noise.
4. transitive verb. To report by rumor; to tell.
5. noun. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

   Synonyms: hearsay, rumour

6. verb. tell or spread rumors

   "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"

   Synonyms: bruit, rumour

Synonyms

hearsay, rumour, bruit

Common word forms

rumors, rumored, rumorer, rumoring, rumorous

Words from these letters

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