: orally communicated
also
: generated from or reliant on oral publicity
word-of-mouth customers
a word-of-mouth business
: oral communication
especially
: oral often inadvertent publicity
Examples of word-of-mouth in a Sentence
Adjective
not having the money to run ads, the restaurant relies on word-of-mouth publicity
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
The annual Bombay Beach Biennale, a word-of-mouth gathering of creatives, will celebrate its 10th anniversary next year, and a shocking amount of musicians come through this remote desert area that delivers one surprise after another.
—Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Michael Podolsky, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The farm’s success, the partners said, is a combination of agritourism and word of mouth.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
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Adjective
The film, which cost a modest $38 million, is benefiting from great reviews and electric word-of-mouth.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
The annual Bombay Beach Biennale, a word-of-mouth gathering of creatives, will celebrate its 10th anniversary next year, and a shocking amount of musicians come through this remote desert area that delivers one surprise after another.
—Jen Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun phrase
These experiences shape overall sentiment about your business and its expression through customer feedback, such as online reviews, social media comments and word of mouth.
—Michael Podolsky, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
The farm’s success, the partners said, is a combination of agritourism and word of mouth.
—Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for word-of-mouth
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“Word-of-mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/word-of-mouth. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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