2. (noun)gossip, comment, scuttlebutt a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people Synonyms: gab, comment, remark, tittle-tattle, rumormonger, chin-wagging, input, chin wagging, small talk, chin wag, commentary, chin-wag, gossipmonger, gossiper, rumourmonger, gossip, chitchat, gabfest, newsmonger, causerie, chit-chat, chit chat, scuttlebutt
3. (verb)gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmonger a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others Synonyms: gab, comment, tittle-tattle, rumormonger, chin-wagging, chin wagging, small talk, chin wag, chin-wag, gossipmonger, gossiper, rumourmonger, gossip, chitchat, gabfest, newsmonger, causerie, chit-chat, chit chat, scuttlebutt
4. (verb)dish the dirt, gossip wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies Synonyms: jaw, chitchat, chaffer, shoot the breeze, visit, confab, chit-chat, claver, chatter, dish the dirt, chat, natter, gossip, confabulate, chew the fat
5. (verb)chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit talk socially without exchanging too much information Synonyms: bawl out, chitchat, chide, yack, call down, masticate, bring down, huckster, shoot the breeze, twaddle, inspect, consult, impose, take to task, gossip, prattle, call on the carpet, inflict, reproof, manducate, call in, lambaste, palaver, jaw, higgle, claver, tittle-tattle, lambast, maunder, see, haggle, chew out, remonstrate, call, tattle, have words, berate, rebuke, natter, travel to, trounce, visit, dress down, confab, chit-chat, chew up, gibber, click, blab, reprimand, rattle on, piffle, scold, confabulate, confer, chew the fat, dish the dirt, yap away, chew, prate, rag, chat, chatter, yack away, chaffer, lecture, gabble, blabber, clack
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'gossip'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. gossip Most of these words are onomatopoetic. The cackle of a hen, the gabble of a goose, the chatter of a magpie, the babble of a running stream, as applied to human speech, indicate a rapid succes Synonyms: babble, blab, cackle, gabble, murmur, prattle, blurt, chat, gossip, palaver, tattle, blurt out, chatter, jabber, prate, twaddle