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as in gossiper
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others because her friend was such a compulsive gossip, she couldn't help but wonder if her private life wasn't also being made the talk of the town

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as in rumor
information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy idle gossip can really damage a person's reputation even if it is later proven to be false

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Recent Examples of gossip
Noun
Will Tudor as Sillerton Jackson, Friend of Newland who is lofty and a gossip with secrets of his own. Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025 However, sometimes, the right play happens for the correlating gossip. Charlotte Wilder, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
Researchers found that both same-gender and different-gender couples gossiped for about 38 minutes a day individually and 29 minutes a day together. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025 Nancy and Minh are there too, but primarily to set up Peggy’s consternation that her neighbors, along with the rest of Rainey Street, have become a bunch of phone addicts hiding behind their Ring cams and gossiping on the Neighbors app instead of interacting face to face. Genevieve Koski, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gossip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gossip
Noun
  • Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
    Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Similar chatter has emerged during past election years since the dawn of the 22nd Amendment, but usually in a more light-hearted nature.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The celebratory July 4 meal would certainly have kept the innkeeper, Daniel Smith, busy replenishing the finest bottles of Madeira from behind the locked bar—perhaps overhearing snippets of chatter among the delegates.
    Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On Wednesday evening, North Carolina and Belichick released a joint statement to shut down rumors that the program was getting set to move on from the six-time Super Bowl champion head coach.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The discussion comes weeks after both Michelle and Barack Obama had to shoot down divorce rumors.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As most pregnant people can attest, talking to your baby while they are still safely tucked away in the womb is one of the most comforting ways to feel that the two of you are connected.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Alice Marie Johnson, some people are trying to talk to Trump at Mar-a-Lago, some people are trying to get on Fox News to pitch their case.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • ExpressVPN only takes around five minutes to set up, and also promises lightning-quick connectivity and 24-hour live-chat support, and allows users to connect to any device, from computers to phones to tablets.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Both Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas shared a positive takeaway from their chats with management.
    Jeff Marks,Paulina Likos, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Gossip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossip. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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