whisper

dirt, gossip, scuttlebutt, talebearing, talk, tattle

defamation, libel, slander

hearsay

fable, fabrication, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fib, lie, mendacity, prevarication, untruth, whopper

bandy (about), blab, gossip, tattle

bare, disclose, divulge, expose, let on (about), report, reveal, spill, tell

hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest

broadcast, proclaim, propagate, publicize, spread