rumor

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   tell or spread rumors

   It was rumored that the next president would be a woman

2. 2
   noun

   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.

3. 3
   noun

   Information or misinformation of the kind contained in such claims.

   They say he used to be a thief, but that's just rumor.

4. 4
   noun

   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.

5. 5
   verb

   To tell a rumor about; to gossip.

   John is rumored to be next in line for a promotion.

6. 6
   noun

   gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

7. 7
   noun

   Fame, reputation.

8. 8
   noun

   Clamor, din, outcry.

Etymology

From Middle English rumour, from Old French rumeur, from Latin rūmor (“common talk”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewH- (“to shout, to roar”).