gossip - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

light informal conversation for social occasions

Synonyms

• causerie
• chin wag
• chin wagging
• chin-wag
• chin-wagging
• chit chat
• chit-chat
• chitchat
• gab
• gabfest
• gossip
• small talk
• tittle-tattle

More generic

• chat
• confab
• confabulation
• schmoose
• schmooze

Noun

a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

Synonyms

• comment
• gossip
• scuttlebutt

More generic

• account
• report

More specific

• dirt
• earful
• grapevine
• hearsay
• malicious gossip
• pipeline
• rumor
• rumour
• scandal
• talk
• talk of the town
• word of mouth

Noun

a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Synonyms

• gossip
• gossiper
• gossipmonger
• newsmonger
• rumormonger
• rumourmonger

More generic

• communicator

More specific

• blabbermouth
• cat
• scandalmonger
• talebearer
• taleteller
• tattler
• tattletale
• telltale
• yenta

Verb

talk socially without exchanging too much information

Synonyms

• chaffer
• chat
• chatter
• chew the fat
• chit-chat
• chitchat
• claver
• confab
• confabulate
• gossip
• jaw
• natter
• shoot the breeze
• visit

More generic

• converse
• discourse

More specific

• jawbone
• schmoose
• schmooze
• shmoose
• shmooze

Verb

wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies

Synonyms

• dish the dirt
• gossip

More generic

• speak
• talk

More specific

• bruit
• rumor
• rumour

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