rumour
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
Types & categories
- scuttlebutt hypernym
Related & opposite
- rumor derivation
Sense 2 verb
tell or spread rumors
It was rumored that the next president would be a woman
Types & categories
- gossip hypernym
Related & opposite
- rumor derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rumor |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | scuttlebutt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rumor |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | gossip |