newsmonger

news·mon·ger

noun \-ˌməŋ-gər, -ˌmäŋ-\

Definition of NEWSMONGER

: a person who is active in gathering and repeating news; especially : gossip

Examples of NEWSMONGER

1. <the neighborhood newsmonger came over to tell us that the Clarksons were putting in a pool>

First Known Use of NEWSMONGER

1592

Related to NEWSMONGER

Synonyms: circulator, gossiper, gossipmonger, gossip, quidnunc, talebearer, tale-teller, telltale, yenta

Related Words: betrayer, blabbermouth, informant, informer, snitcher, squealer, stool pigeon, tattler, tattletale; libeler, scandalmonger

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Rhymes with NEWSMONGER

fearmonger, fellmonger, ironmonger, phrasemonger, scaremonger, warmonger, whoremonger, wordmonger