rumor
/ˈɹuːmə/
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British/ˈɹʉwmə/
rumor noun: a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
Noun
rumor (countable and uncountable, plural rumors)
- A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
- There's a rumor going round that he's going to get married.
- vile rumor
- Synonyms:
- word, gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle-tattle
- Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.
- They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.
- Synonyms:
- noise
- Report, news, information in general.
- It stands a city aloof. There hath been no rumour of it—I alone have dreamed of it, and I may not be sure that my dreams are true.1906, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], Time and the Gods, London: William Heineman, →OCLC, page 3
- Fame, reputation.
- Clamor, din, outcry.
Verb
rumor (third-person singular simple present rumors, present participle rumoring, simple past and past participle rumored)
- To tell a rumor about; to gossip.
- John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.
rumor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rumor in Hindi
- statement or claim from no known reliable source
- अफ़वाह afvāh, अफवाह aphvāh, अफवा aphvā, गप्प gapp, प्रवाद pravād, जनश्रुति janaśruti
rumor in Tamil
- uncountable: information
- புரளி puraḷi
- statement or claim from no known reliable source
- வதந்தி vatanti, புரளி puraḷi, கிசுகிசு kicukicu
- Translations
- கிசுகிசு kicukicu
rumor in Marathi
- statement or claim from no known reliable source
- अफवा aphvā
rumor in Urdu
- statement or claim from no known reliable source
- اَفْواہ afvāh, آوازَہ āvāza
More languagesFewer languages
- rumor in Bengali
- গুজব gujob, কিংবদন্তি kiṅbodonti
- rumor in Telugu
- పుకారు pukāru
- rumor in Malayalam
- സംസാരം saṁsāraṁ
- rumor in Gujarati
- હવા havā
- rumor in Sanskrit
- घोष ghóṣa, वचन vácana, वाद vāda
- rumor in Assamese
- উৰাবাতৰি urabatori
- rumor in Pashto
- اوازه awāza, افواه afwā, شايعه šāye'a
- rumor in Tagalog
- sabi-sabi, tsismis, usap-usapan
- rumor in Arabic
- إِشَاعَة ʔišāʕa, شَائِعَة šāʔiʕa
- rumor in Malay
- khabar angin
- rumor in Indonesian
- kabar burung, isu, kabar angin, desas-desus
- rumor in Thai
- ข่าวลือ kàao-lʉʉ
- rumor in Vietnamese
- tin đồn, lời đồn
- rumor in Myanmar
- ကောလာဟလ kau:laha.la.
Examples of rumor in a sentence
- Some connect the recent spate of flying saucer sightings with a rumored top-secret military aviation project.
- The singer has issued a sweeping denial of all the rumors.
- Rumors were rife that the factory was about to shut down.
Synonyms of rumor
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Forms of rumor
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rumors |
| alternative Commonwealth | rumour |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rumors |
| present participle | rumoring |
| past participle | rumored |
| past | rumored |
Origin of rumor
From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).
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Questions about rumor
- What does rumor mean?
- Rumor means a statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
- What is rumor in Hindi?
- Rumor in Hindi is अफ़वाह (afvāh), अफवाह (aphvāh), अफवा (aphvā). See Rumor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rumor?
- Rumor can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce rumor?
- Rumor is pronounced /ˈɹuːmə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rumor?
- The plural of rumor is rumors.
Words near rumor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rumor (page history and authors); സംസാരം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); હવા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); घोष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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