Synonyms for newsmonger
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Noun
1. Gossip — A news junkie; a gossip
gossip, rumor monger US, rumourmonger UK, gossiper, gossipmonger, busy body, tell-tale, tale bearer, scandal-monger, tattletale, rumourer UK, rumorer US, tattler, blabbermouth, quidnunc dated, tabby dated
Other
newshound informal
Definitions
- n. 1
A news junkie; a gossip.
Near-synonyms: gossipmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger; gossiper; see also Thesaurus:gossiper
Related words
- Word family
- newsboy
Forms
- Plural
- newsmongers → gossips, gossipers, gossipmongers, tell tales…
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| newsmonger | steady | |
| gossiper | rising | |
| gossipmonger | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- tabby2
- 6 letters
- gossip2
- 7 letters
- tattler2, rumorer
- 8 letters
- gossiper3, rumourer, quidnunc
- 9 letters
- newshound
- 10 letters
- tattletale
- 12 letters
- blabbermouth, rumourmonger, gossipmonger
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tabby2 = 2 syllables).