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rumored

rumored is the simple past and past participle of rumor.

Meaning of rumor

Verb

rumor (third-person singular simple present rumors, present participle rumoring, simple past and past participle rumored)

  1. (US, transitive, usually) To tell a rumor about; to gossip.
    • John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.

See all 6 meanings of rumor

Adjective

rumored (comparative more rumored, superlative most rumored)

  1. Widely reported without strong evidence.
    • The company's rumored losses led to a sharp decline in share price.
    • It didn't take long for New York Magazine's story on a 17-year-old stock whiz with a rumored net worth of $72 million to make a splash. But the story's juicy premise unraveled almost as quickly.2014 December 15, Tom Kludt, “Story of the $72 million teen trader unravels”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2024

Forms of rumored

comparativemore rumored
superlativemost rumored

Words formed from rumored

Questions about rumored

What does rumored mean?
Rumored means widely reported without strong evidence.
What is rumored the simple past and past participle of?
Rumored is the simple past and past participle of rumor.
What part of speech is rumored?
Rumored is an adjective.

Words near rumored in the dictionary

  1. rumor mills
  2. rumor monger
  3. rumor mongers
  4. rumor-monger
  5. Rumore
  6. rumored
  7. rumoredly
  8. rumorer
  9. rumorers
  10. Rumores
  11. rumoring

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rumored (page history and authors); rumor (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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