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
Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
—Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gossiper
Noun
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Prosecutors maintain the messages showed intent, not a joke or gossip.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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That was the headline of the gossip.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Hobart Police Detective Wendell Hite wrote that police dropped off a criminal informant outside the mall to buy drugs from Larkin in a black Lincoln in the parking lot.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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Adrian Jimenez, 44, met Espinoza Martinez through his small construction business, but that witness has a felony record and – unbeknownst to the Martinez – has also been working as a police informant since the 1990s.—
Sara Machi,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Option 2: If one prisoner informs while the other stays silent, the informer will go free while the silent one receives the harshest sentence.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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“Gossiper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossiper. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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