gossip

Definition

Examples

Spreading gossip about colleagues can damage trust inside the office.

Word Family

Synonyms

• chitchatlight informal conversation for social occasions
• rumorgossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
• hearsaygossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

Collocations

• Easy gossip about friends
  to gossip about friends, meaning to wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies
• Medium office gossip
  describing office gossip (place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed)
• Hard malicious gossip
  describing malicious gossip (having the nature of or resulting from malice; ; - Rudyard Kipling)
• Very Hard hotbed of gossip
  describing hotbed of gossip (a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad))