Synonyms of the word

rumour

• n. Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor.
• n. (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
• v. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of rumor.

bruit

• n. (archaic) Rumour, talk, hearsay.
• n. (medicine) An abnormal sound heard on auscultation. (French pronunciation).
• v. (US, archaic British) To spread, promulgate or disseminate a rumour, news etc.

comment

• n. A spoken remark.
• n. (programming) A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.
• v. (transitive) To remark.
• v. (intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To comment or remark on.
• v. (transitive, software, of code) To insert comments into (source code).
• v. (transitive, software, of code) To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.

gossip

• n. Someone who likes to talk about someone else’s private or personal business.
• n. Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially someone not present.
• n. A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.
• n. (obsolete) A sponsor; a godfather or godmother.
• v. To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a way that spreads the information.
• v. To talk idly.

hearsay

• n. Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
• n. (law) Evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge, which is normally inadmissible…
• n. (law) An out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted, which is normally…
• adj. (law) that is related to, contains, or tells hearsay.

rumor

• n. (US, countable) A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually…
• n. (US, uncountable) Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.
• v. (transitive, usually used in the passive voice) To tell a rumor about; to gossip.

scuttlebutt

• n. (nautical, countable) A butt with a scuttle, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship.
• n. (informal, uncountable) Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.