Definition of gossip

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • gossip is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • gossip is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
  • gossip is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of gossip


  • a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. gossiper
    2. gossipmonger
    3. newsmonger
    4. rumormonger
    5. rumourmonger
  • light informal conversation for social occasions (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. causerie
    2. chin-wag
    3. chin-wagging
    4. chin wag
    5. chin wagging
    6. chit-chat
    7. chit chat
    8. chitchat
    9. gab
    10. gabfest
    11. small talk
    12. tittle-tattle
  • talk socially without exchanging too much information (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. chaffer
    2. chat
    3. chatter
    4. chew the fat
    5. chit-chat
    6. chitchat
    7. claver
    8. confab
    9. confabulate
    10. jaw
    11. natter
    12. shoot the breeze
    13. visit
  • wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. dish the dirt
  • a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people (noun)

    Examples

    1. the divorce caused much gossip

    Synonyms

    1. comment
    2. scuttlebutt

See definition of gossip in Merriam Webster