gossip
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
light informal conversation for social occasions
Types & categories
- chat hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
She won't dish the dirt
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- gossiping derivation
- scuttlebutt derivation
- gossiper derivation
Sense 3 noun
a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
the divorce caused much gossip
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- gossip derivation
Sense 4 verb
talk socially without exchanging too much information
the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
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Sense 5 noun
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Types & categories
- communicator hypernym
- cat hyponym
- scandalmonger hyponym
- tattler hyponym
- yenta hyponym
Related & opposite
- gossip derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | piffle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gossipy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chatty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chat |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gossiping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scuttlebutt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gossiper |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | talk |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rumor |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gossip |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | report |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | earful |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rumor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pipeline |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scandal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | talk of the town |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chat |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chitchat |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | yak |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chatterer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | visitor |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | converse |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | jawbone |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | gossip |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicator |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | scandalmonger |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | tattler |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | yenta |