Synonyms for hearsay
ˈhɪərˌseɪhearsay

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1. hearsaynoun

   Synonyms:
   common talk, rumor, gossip, report

2. hearsaynoun

   information that was heard by one person about another

   Synonyms:
   rumor, gossip, report, common talk

3. hearsaynoun

   evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge; normally inadmissible because not made under oath

   Synonyms:
   common talk, rumor, gossip, report

4. hearsaynoun

   evidence: an out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted; normally inadmissible because not subject to cross-examination, unless the hearsay statement falls under one of the many exceptions

   Synonyms:
   gossip, rumor, common talk, report

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1. hearsay

   Synonyms:
   report, rumor, gossip

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rumor, rumour, hearsayadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   rumour, rumor

   Antonyms:
   direct

2. hearsayadjective

   heard through another rather than directly

   "hearsay information"

   Antonyms:
   direct

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1. hearsaynoun

   Synonyms:
   rumor, report, fame, bruit, common talk, town talk

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1. hearsaynoun

   Synonyms:
   rumor, report, gossip, bruit, on dit

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1. List of paraphrases for "hearsay":

   rumor, rumour

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1. Preet Bharara:

   Rudy Giuliani and others in support of the President have gone on television day after day after day saying as the thrust of their argument here that the whistleblower relies on hearsay information, second hand information.

2. Andrew McCarthy:

   But whether the President's conduct is or is not within the letter of the law is irrelevant; there's a really good reason why, for generations, presidents from across the ideological spectrum have respected the principle of not interfering in federal criminal investigations. That President Trump seems wholly indifferent to this principle, or the potentially devastating consequences of its demise, is the real scandal here. a prosecutor wouldn't make a decision on the basis of one hearsay line in a memo that has not been publicly available and that no one knows the context of.

3. Lindsey Graham:

   This seems to me like a political setup. It's all hearsay.

4. Tim Scott:

   I have to reject the premise of your question. If we're talking about someone who actually is not a whistleblower -- he only heard it hearsay -- than that brings everything into question, certainly, the actual facts matter.

5. Lisa Leslie:

   What we were told, and again this is all sort of passed along through hearsay, but what we were told was to not make a big fuss about it so that they could not use Brittney Griner as a pawn, so to speak, in this situation, in the war, to make it like it's not that important or don't make it where we're like,' Free Brittney Griner,' and we start this campaign and then it becomes something that they can use.