as in gossip
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
the exact nature of the relationship between the two coworkers was a topic that kept the office gossipers too busy to do any work
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Recent Examples of gossiper
Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Jessica Simpson has gotten used to gossipers gossiping about her private life.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Jessica Simpson has gotten used to gossipers gossiping about her private life.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gossiper
Noun
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The mysterious arrival is documented like gossip somewhere among the 275,000 pages of local newspapers the New Bern native keeps combing for any mention of Pepsi and its founder.—
Ryan Wilusz,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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What was said on the internet didn’t have much to do with the real movie that Cronin made, but even as the gossip grew louder and more far-fetched, the emerging auteur didn’t speak out.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For months, the couple worked with the FBI as informants, with Katas even staging a raid by arranging a meeting with Bateman under the guise of filming.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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The suspect police were looking for, based on a tip from a confidential informant, was living in a different apartment, and was wearing a police tracking device while awaiting trial for a recent arrest.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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The whole family is deeply involved in the revolutionary movement: the oldest son disappears into Siberia, never to be seen or heard of again, while the youngest, eighteen, is jailed together with his father, and executed after his cell is exposed by an informer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Gossiper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossiper. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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