as in colloquial
having the style and content of everyday conversation
this book on the people who have occupied the White House is a little too gossipy to qualify as serious history
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of gossipy
This gossipy, epistolary novel is as full of epic characters as the Sistine Chapel ceiling: naughty Médicis, wine-drunk nuns, proto-Marxist painter’s assistants.
—
Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
This includes a lawyer, who will reply to social messages and even gossipy chitchat from their work account.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Duvall, who won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival, improvised much of her gossipy dialogue.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 July 2024
But the debates over the more gossipy anecdotes obscure the larger trends that surface through the book.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gossipy
Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
This includes a lawyer, who will reply to social messages and even gossipy chitchat from their work account.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Duvall, who won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival, improvised much of her gossipy dialogue.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 19 July 2024
But the debates over the more gossipy anecdotes obscure the larger trends that surface through the book.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gossipy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gossipy
colloquial
Adjective
-
So what follows is the colloquial Q&A, more or less unedited, from my email exchange with that reporter.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
-
The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope Trollope is a more colloquial writer.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Gossipy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gossipy. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share