Antonyms for gossip
ˈgɒs əpgos·sip

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1. gossipnoun

   Synonyms:
   scuttle-butt

2. gossipnoun

   To talk about someone else's private or personal business, especially in a way that spreads the information.

   Synonyms:
   scuttle-butt

3. gossipnoun

   To talk idly.

   Synonyms:
   scuttle-butt

4. gossipnoun

   A genre in contemporary media, usually focused on the personal affairs of celebrities.

   Synonyms:
   scuttle-butt

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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 succession of what are to the listener meaningless sounds. Blab and blurt (commonly blurt out) refer to the letting out of what the lips can no longer keep in; blab, of a secret; blurt out, of passionate feeling. To chat is to talk in an easy, pleasant way, not without sense, but without special purpose. Chatting is the practise of adults, prattling that of children. To prate is to talk idly, presumptuously, or foolishly, but not necessarily incoherently. To jabber is to utter a rapid succession of unintelligible sounds, generally more noisy than chattering. To gossip is to talk of petty personal matters, as for pastime or mischief. To twaddle is to talk feeble nonsense. To murmur is to utter suppressed or even inarticulate sounds, suggesting the notes of a dove, or the sound of a running stream, and is used figuratively of the half suppressed utterances of affection or pity, or of complaint, resentment, etc. Compare SPEAK.

   Synonyms:
   babble, blab, blurt, blurt out, cackle, chat, chatter, gabble, jabber, murmur, palaver, prate, prattle, tattle, twaddle

   Preposition:
   Babies babble for the moon; the crowd babbles of a hero; the sick man babbles of home.

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1. chitchat, chit-chat, chit chat, small talk, gab, gabfest, gossip, tittle-tattle, chin wag, chin-wag, chin wagging, chin-wagging, causerienoun

   light informal conversation for social occasions

   Synonyms:
   gab, comment, tittle-tattle, rumormonger, chin-wagging, chin wagging, small talk, chin wag, chin-wag, gossipmonger, chit chat, chit-chat, rumourmonger, gossiper, chitchat, gabfest, causerie, newsmonger, scuttlebutt

2. gossip, comment, scuttlebuttnoun

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

   "the divorce caused much gossip"

   Synonyms:
   gab, comment, remark, tittle-tattle, rumormonger, chin-wagging, input, chin wagging, small talk, chin wag, commentary, chin-wag, gossipmonger, gossiper, rumourmonger, chitchat, gabfest, newsmonger, causerie, chit-chat, chit chat, scuttlebutt

3. gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, newsmongerverb

   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, chitchat, gabfest, newsmonger, causerie, chit-chat, chit chat, scuttlebutt

4. dish the dirt, gossipverb

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

   "She won't dish the dirt"

   Synonyms:
   jaw, chitchat, chaffer, shoot the breeze, visit, confab, chit-chat, claver, chatter, dish the dirt, chat, natter, confabulate, chew the fat

5. chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visitverb

   talk socially without exchanging too much information

   "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

   Synonyms:
   bawl out, chitchat, chide, yack, call down, masticate, bring down, huckster, shoot the breeze, twaddle, inspect, consult, impose, take to task, 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

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1. gossipnoun

   Synonyms:
   tattler, tale-bearer, frump, quidnunc, gossipry

How to use gossip in a sentence?

1. Author Unknown:

   To live so that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip, is to have lived well

2. Pope Francis:

   If you get an urge to say something against a brother or a sister, to drop a gossip bomb, bite your tongue! Hard!

3. Elbert Hubbard:

   Gossip is only the lack of a worthy memory.

4. Chris Krepich:

   The congressman isn't going to participate in any speculation or gossip regarding the matter while the Bob Mueller investigation wraps up.

5. Will Rogers:

   Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

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