gossip
English Thesaurus
1. light informal conversation for social occasions (noun.communication)
2. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | account, report, |
| definition | : | the act of informing by verbal report (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | earful, |
| definition | : | an outpouring of gossip (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | hearsay, rumor, rumour, |
| definition | : | gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth (noun.communication) |
3. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | communicator, |
| definition | : | a person who communicates with others (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | cat, |
| definition | : | a spiteful woman gossip (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | scandalmonger, |
| definition | : | a person who spreads malicious gossip (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | yenta, |
| definition | : | (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal (noun.person) |
4. talk socially without exchanging too much information (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | converse, discourse, |
| definition | : | carry on a conversation (verb.communication) |
5. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | speak, talk, |
| definition | : | exchange thoughts; talk with (verb.communication) |
| hyponym | : | bruit, rumor, rumour, |
| definition | : | tell or spread rumors (verb.communication) |
6. light informal conversation for social occasions (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, |
| definition | : | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit, |
| definition | : | talk socially without exchanging too much information (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | chatty, gossipy, newsy, |
| definition | : | prone to friendly informal communication (adj.all) |
7. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people (noun.communication)
8. talk socially without exchanging too much information (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle, |
| definition | : | light informal conversation for social occasions (noun.communication) |
9. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | gossiping, gossipmongering, |
| definition | : | a conversation that spreads personal information about other people (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | comment, gossip, scuttlebutt, |
| definition | : | a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people (noun.communication) |
10. light informal conversation for social occasions (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, |
| definition | : | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit, |
| definition | : | talk socially without exchanging too much information (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | chatty, gossipy, newsy, |
| definition | : | prone to friendly informal communication (adj.all) |
11. a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people (noun.communication)
12. talk socially without exchanging too much information (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | causerie, chin wag, chin wagging, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chit chat, chit-chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle, |
| definition | : | light informal conversation for social occasions (noun.communication) |
13. wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies (verb.communication)
| derivation | : | gossiping, gossipmongering, |
| definition | : | a conversation that spreads personal information about other people (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | comment, gossip, scuttlebutt, |
| definition | : | a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people (noun.communication) |
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