Related Words for rumor

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WordSyllablesCategories
bruit
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Noun, Noun
hearsay
/x
Noun, Noun
rumour
xx
Noun, Noun
speculation
xx/x
Noun
conjecture
x/x
Noun
gossip
/x
Noun
allegation
xx/x
Noun
unconfirmed
xx/
Adjective
speculating
/xxx
Verb
rumblings
/xx
Noun
accusation
xx/x
Noun
supposition
xx/x
Noun
grapevine
/x
Noun
apocryphal
x/xx
Name
innuendo
xx/x
Noun
news
/
Noun
myth
/
Noun
tidbit
/x
Noun
suspicions
x/x
Noun
unsubstantiated
xx/xxx
Adjective
untrue
x/
Adjective
buzz
/
Noun
chatter
/x
Noun
misinformation
xxx/x
Noun
hoax
/
Noun
fact
/
Noun
insinuation
xxx/x
Noun
misconception
xx/x
Noun
notion
/x
Noun
hunch
/
Noun
assumption
x/x
Noun
surmise
x/
Noun
nonsense
/x
Noun
falsehood
/x
Noun
controversy
/xxx
Noun
announcement
x/x
Noun
unfounded
x/x
Adjective
idea
x/x
Noun
speculative
/xxx
Adjective
heard
/
Verb
truth
/
Noun
baseless
/x
Adjective
anecdote
/xx
Noun
hype
/
Noun
legend
/x
Noun
debunked
x/
Verb
uproar
/x
Noun
rife
/
Adjective
joke
/
Noun
disinformation
xxx/x
Noun
circulating
/xxx
Verb
true
/
Adjective
story
/x
Noun
confirmed
x/
Verb
reports
x/
Noun
possibility
xx/xx
Noun
rumor mill
/x/
Phrase, Noun
word on the street
//x/
Phrase, Noun
urban legend
/x/x
Name, Name
horror story
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
smear
/
Noun
skinny
/x
Adjective
spoof
/
Noun
baloney
x/x
Noun
humbug
/x
Noun
tattle
/x
Noun
crap
/
Noun
string
/
Noun
bunk
/
Noun
slang
/
Noun
scandal sheet
/x/
Phrase, Noun
blah
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gooseberry
/xx
Noun
rooster
/x
Noun
dish
/
Noun
fudge
/
Noun
hummer
/x
Name
rapper
/x
Noun
rattler
/xx
Noun
slam
/
Noun
funny
/x
Adjective
applesauce
/xx
Noun
horror
/x
Noun
stuff
/
Noun
toot
/
Noun
crock
/
Noun
bilge
/
Noun
neck
/
Noun
crumb
/
Noun
slur
/
Noun
parody
/xx
Noun
byword
/x
Noun
lump
/
Noun
meme
/
Noun
rubbish
/x
Noun
point
/
Noun
bollocks
/x
Noun
latrine
x/
Adjective
scotch
/
Verb
groundless
/x
Adjective
squelch
/
Verb
slander
/x
Noun
scurrilous
/xx
Adjective
guesswork
/x
Noun
whisper
/x
Noun
malicious
x/x
Adjective
galled
/
Verb
disquieting
x/xx
Adjective
incredulity
xx/xx
Noun
scandal
/x
Noun
vaguest
/x
Adjective
scandalous
/xx
Adjective
angels
/x
Noun
nasty
/x
Adjective
persistent
x/x
Adjective
guess
/
Noun
juicy
/x
Adjective
ugly
/x
Adjective
vicious
/x
Adjective
merest
/x
Adjective
unsupported
xx/x
Adjective
false
/
Adjective
veracity
x/xx
Noun
apostle
x/x
Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
ballad
/x
Noun, Verb
calumny
/xx
Noun, Verb
carlyle
/x
Name
cautionary
/xxx
Adjective
censored
/x
Adjective
common
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
crime
/
Noun, Verb
dream
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fabrication
xx/x
Noun
fracas
/x
Noun
girl
/
Noun, Verb
greenfield
/x
Name, Adjective
high school
//
Phrase, Noun
hume
/
Name
hyde
/
Name, Verb
lie
/
Verb, Noun
locke
/
Name
lord
/
Noun, Verb
malaria
x/xx
Noun
matthew
/x
Name
noise
/
Noun, Verb
ovid
/x
Name
panic
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
people
/x
Noun, Verb
prank
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
say
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
secret
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
smelting
/x
Noun
spread
/
Verb, Noun
squares
/
Noun
talk
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
theory
/x
Noun
tumour
/x
Noun
wonder
/x
Verb, Noun
word
/
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun