Entry Word: rumor

Function: verb

Meaning: to make (as a piece of information) the subject of common talk without any authority or confirmation of accuracy <for years people have been rumoring the principalʼs imminent retirement>

Synonyms bruit (about), circulate, noise (about), whisper

Related Words bandy (about), blab, gossip; disclose, divulge, report, reveal, tell; hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, let on, suggest; broadcast, promulgate, propagate, spread