Synonyms for rumour
ru·mour

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1. rumor, rumour, hearsayverb

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

   Synonyms:
   hearsay, rumor

2. rumor, rumour, bruitverb

   tell or spread rumors

   "It was rumored that the next president would be a woman"

   Synonyms:
   bruit, rumor

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1. List of paraphrases for "rumour":

   rumor, hearsay, reputation, gossip

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1. Markus Huber:

   QE (speculation) has been around for so long that I think it will be a 'buy the rumour and sell the announcement'.

2. J. R. R. Tolkien:

   There I lay staring upward, while the stars wheeled over... Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.

3. Yair Lapid:

   Like thieves in the night, the coalition just passed a disgraceful and corrupt personalized law in response to a baseless rumour about recusal. Every citizen of Israel should know – days before Passover, while cost of living is soaring, Netanyahu is once more looking out only for himself.

4. Ben Le Brun:

   It was a buy the rumour, sell the fact event, the market is coming around to the idea that it is not bad news, but not as good news as it was anticipating.

5. Fabrice:

   Rumour has it that, after his election, Trump declared: "Yesterday, we were on the edge of the abyss but today, we have taken a big step forward!"