rumored
adjective
US(UKrumoured)us/ˈruː.mɚd/uk/ˈruː.məd/used to refer to afactorpieceofnewsthat might betrueorinvented, andquicklyspreadsfrompersontoperson:
The rumoredstockmarketcrashhasyetto takeplace.
[+ to infinitive]Thepresidentis rumoredtobeseriouslyill.
Gossip and rumour
- a little bird told meidiom
- anecdotal
- bird
- bush telegraph
- dirt
- ear
- exposure
- furphy
- hearsay
- lip
- on everyone's lipsidiom
- peddle
- reportedly
- rumoured
- say-so
- scandal
- scaremongering
- scoop
- swirl
- yourears must be burningidiom