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related words >
back-fence gossip
,
chitchat
,
gossip
,
gossiping
,
gossipmongering
,
gossipry
,
gossipy
,
groundless rumor
,
idle talk
,
newsmongering
,
newsy
,
piece of gossip
,
story
,
tale
,
taletelling
,
talk
,
tattle
,
tittle-tattle
chitchat
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light informal conversation for social occasions
related words >
babble
,
back-fence gossip
,
backchat
,
beauty-parlor chitchat
,
cackle
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chitter
,
chitter-chatter
,
clack
,
cocktail-party chitchat
,
gabble
,
gossip
,
gossiping
,
gossipmongering
,
gossipry
,
groundless rumor
,
idle chat
,
idle talk
,
newsmongering
,
piece of gossip
,
prattle
,
small talk
,
story
,
table talk
,
tale
,
talebearing
,
taletelling
,
talk
,
talkee-talkee
,
tattle
,
tea-table talk
,
tittle-tattle
tattle
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disclosing information or giving evidence about another
related words >
babble
,
back-fence gossip
,
be indiscreet
,
be unguarded
,
bear witness against
,
betray
,
betray a confidence
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blather
,
blether
,
blow the whistle
,
blurt
,
blurt out
,
buzz
,
chatter
,
chitchat
,
clatter
,
cry
,
divulge
,
fink
,
give away
,
gossip
,
gossiping
,
gossipmongering
,
gossipry
,
grapevine
,
groundless rumor
,
hearsay
,
idle talk
,
inform
,
inform against
,
inform on
,
jabber
,
leak
,
let drop
,
let fall
,
let slip
,
narc
,
natter
,
newsmongering
,
peach
,
piece of gossip
,
prate
,
prattle
,
rat
,
retail gossip
,
reveal
,
reveal a secret
,
rumble
,
rumor
,
scuttlebutt
,
sell out
,
sing
,
snitch
,
snitch on
,
spill
,
spill the beans
,
squeal
,
stool
,
story
,
tale
,
talebearing
,
taletelling
,
talk
,
tattle on
,
tell
,
tell idle tales
,
tell on
,
tell secrets
,
tell tales
,
testify against
,
tittle-tattle
,
turn informer
idle talk
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related words >
babble
,
babblement
,
back-fence gossip
,
bavardage
,
bibble-babble
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blah-blah
,
blather
,
blether
,
blethers
,
cackle
,
caquet
,
caqueterie
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chitchat
,
chitter-chatter
,
clack
,
clatter
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
gossip
,
gossiping
,
gossipmongering
,
gossipry
,
groundless rumor
,
guff
,
hot air
,
jabber
,
mere talk
,
natter
,
newsmongering
,
nonsense talk
,
palaver
,
piece of gossip
,
prate
,
prating
,
prattle
,
prittle-prattle
,
story
,
tale
,
talebearing
,
taletelling
,
talk
,
talkee-talkee
,
tattle
,
tittle-tattle
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
tittle tattle
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related words >
babble
,
babblement
,
back-fence gossip
,
backchat
,
bavardage
,
be closeted with
,
beauty-parlor chitchat
,
bibble-babble
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blah-blah
,
blather
,
blether
,
blethers
,
cackle
,
caquet
,
caqueterie
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chitchat
,
chitter-chatter
,
clack
,
clatter
,
cocktail-party chitchat
,
coze
,
dither
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gam
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
go on
,
gossip
,
gossiping
,
gossipmongering
,
gossipry
,
groundless rumor
,
guff
,
gush
,
haver
,
hot air
,
idle chat
,
idle talk
,
jabber
,
jaw
,
make conversation
,
mere talk
,
natter
,
newsmongering
,
nonsense talk
,
palaver
,
patter
,
piece of gossip
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prating
,
prattle
,
prittle-prattle
,
ramble on
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
retail gossip
,
run on
,
small talk
,
spout
,
spout off
,
story
,
table talk
,
tale
,
talebearing
,
taletelling
,
talk
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
talkee-talkee
,
tattle
,
tea-table talk
,
tell idle tales
,
tete-a-tete
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
visit
,
waffle
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
tale
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related words >
account
,
aggregate
,
all
,
amount
,
anecdotage
,
anecdote
,
back-fence gossip
,
backbiting
,
backstabbing
,
be-all and end-all
,
belittlement
,
blague
,
box score
,
calumny
,
canard
,
cast
,
chitchat
,
chronicle
,
cock-and-bull story
,
count
,
defamation
,
depreciation
,
difference
,
disparagement
,
entirety
,
enumerate
,
epic
,
epos
,
exaggeration
,
fabrication
,
fairy tale
,
falsehood
,
falsification
,
falsity
,
farfetched story
,
farrago
,
fib
,
fiction
,
fish story
,
flam
,
flimflam
,
ghost story
,
gossip
,
gossiping
,
gossipmongering
,
gossipry
,
groundless rumor
,
half-truth
,
history
,
idle talk
,
legal fiction
,
libel
,
lie
,
little white lie
,
mendacity
,
misrepresentation
,
myth
,
narration
,
narrative
,
newsmongering
,
number
,
numerate
,
piece of gossip
,
pious fiction
,
prevarication
,
product
,
quantity
,
recital
,
reckoning
,
record
,
report
,
rumor
,
saga
,
scandal
,
score
,
scuttlebutt
,
slander
,
slight stretching
,
story
,
sum
,
sum total
,
summation
,
talebearing
,
taletelling
,
talk
,
tall story
,
tall tale
,
tally
,
taradiddle
,
tattle
,
tell
,
the bottom line
,
the story
,
the whole story
,
tittle-tattle
,
total
,
totality
,
tote
,
trumped-up story
,
untruth
,
white lie
,
whole
,
x number
,
yam
,
yarn
hem and haw
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utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"
related words >
about the bush
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
halt
,
hang back
,
haw
,
hedge
,
hem
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
mammer
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
palter
,
parry
,
pause
,
ponder
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
stammer
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
stumble
,
stutter
,
swerve
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
withdraw
,
yield
rumormonger
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related words >
a tale-bearing animal
,
busybody
,
gossip
,
gossip columnist
,
gossiper
,
gossipmonger
,
newsmonger
,
newspaperman
,
quidnunc
,
reporter
,
scandalmonger
,
tabby
,
talebearer
,
taleteller
,
tattler
,
tattletale
,
telltale
,
tittle-tattler
,
yenta
back down
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related words >
abjure
,
back off
,
back out
,
backpedal
,
backtrack
,
backwater
,
balance
,
balk
,
beat a retreat
,
beg off
,
break off combat
,
cave in
,
cease resistance
,
climb down
,
crawfish out
,
cry off
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
deny
,
disavow
,
disclaim
,
disengage
,
disown
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
eat crow
,
eat humble pie
,
fall back
,
falter
,
fear
,
forswear
,
give ground
,
give in
,
give place
,
give up
,
give way
,
go back
,
go back on
,
hang back
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold back
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
move back
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
quit the field
,
recall
,
recant
,
renege
,
renounce
,
repudiate
,
resile
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
revoke
,
run back
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
stand back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
swallow
,
take back
,
think twice about
,
unsay
,
weasel out
,
welsh
,
withdraw
,
yield
tidbit
collapse
related words >
ambrosia
,
bonne bouche
,
cate
,
character assassination
,
choice morsel
,
dainty
,
delicacy
,
dessert
,
dirt
,
goody
,
gossip column
,
juicy morsel
,
kickshaw
,
malicious gossip
,
manna
,
morsel
,
nectar
,
savory
,
scandal
,
scandalmongering
,
slander
,
titbit
,
treat
,
whispering campaign
sheer off
collapse
related words >
about the bush
,
avert
,
avoid
,
bear off
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blench
,
blink
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge off
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fence
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go off
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
jib
,
make way for
,
move aside
,
parry
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
side
,
sidestep
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
switch
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer off
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
think twice
collapse
consider and reconsider carefully; "Think twice before you have a child"
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
be careful
,
be cautious
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dither
,
falter
,
fear
,
go on tiptoe
,
hang back
,
hang in doubt
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make haste slowly
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
take it easy
,
think twice about
,
tiptoe
,
vacillate
,
walk on eggshells
,
withdraw
,
yield
shilly shally
collapse
related words >
alternate
,
back and fill
,
back down
,
balance
,
change
,
dally
,
dawdle
,
debate
,
delay
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dillydally
,
dither
,
drag
,
equivocate
,
falter
,
fear
,
flag
,
fluctuate
,
goof off
,
halt
,
hang back
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lag
,
linger
,
loiter
,
lollygag
,
oscillate
,
pause
,
pendulate
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shift
,
shy
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
tarry
,
teeter
,
tergiversate
,
think twice about
,
totter
,
trail
,
vacillate
,
vary
,
waste time
,
waver
,
withdraw
,
wobble
,
yield
stick at
collapse
related words >
back down
,
balance
,
blench
,
boggle
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
make bones about
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
think twice about
,
waver
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
pull back
collapse
pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"
move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"
related words >
about the bush
,
abrupt
,
alienate
,
avoid
,
back down
,
back out
,
backslide
,
balance
,
beat a retreat
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cast off
,
cast out
,
cock
,
cringe
,
cut adrift
,
cut off
,
cut out
,
debate
,
delete
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
depart
,
disarticulate
,
disconnect
,
disengage
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dissociate
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
dodge
,
draw back
,
draw in
,
draw off
,
duck
,
eject
,
equivocate
,
estrange
,
evade
,
expel
,
fade
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fear
,
fence
,
fight shy of
,
flinch
,
get behind
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
hang back
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
isolate
,
jerk back
,
jib
,
lapse
,
leave
,
lose ground
,
make bones about
,
move back
,
parry
,
part
,
pause
,
ponder
,
pull away
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
run back
,
scruple
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
,
set apart
,
set aside
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shut off
,
shy
,
shy at
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
slip back
,
split
,
stand aloof
,
stand apart
,
stand aside
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
step aside
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain
,
strain at
,
subtract
,
swerve
,
think twice about
,
throw off
,
throw out
,
turn aside
,
uncouple
,
unyoke
,
ward off
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
tattletale
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someone who gossips indiscreetly
related words >
a tale-bearing animal
,
betrayer
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blabberer
,
blabbermouth
,
busybody
,
delator
,
fink
,
gossip
,
gossip columnist
,
gossiper
,
gossipmonger
,
informer
,
narc
,
newsmonger
,
newspaperman
,
peacher
,
quidnunc
,
reporter
,
rumormonger
,
scandalmonger
,
snitch
,
snitcher
,
spy
,
squealer
,
stool pigeon
,
stoolie
,
tabby
,
talebearer
,
taleteller
,
tattler
,
telltale
,
tipster
,
tittle-tattler
,
whistle-blower
,
yenta
gossip
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a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip"
a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
related words >
Paul Pry
,
Peeping Tom
,
a tale-bearing animal
,
account
,
ace
,
amigo
,
associate
,
babble
,
babblement
,
back-fence gossip
,
banter
,
bavardage
,
be closeted with
,
bedfellow
,
bedmate
,
bibble-babble
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blabbermouth
,
blah-blah
,
blather
,
blatherskite
,
blether
,
blethers
,
bosom buddy
,
bruit
,
buddy
,
bunkie
,
bunkmate
,
busybody
,
butty
,
buzz
,
cackle
,
camarade
,
caquet
,
caqueterie
,
chamberfellow
,
chat
,
chatter
,
chatterbox
,
chitchat
,
chitter-chatter
,
chronicle
,
chum
,
clack
,
classmate
,
clatter
,
colleague
,
comate
,
companion
,
company
,
compeer
,
comrade
,
confrere
,
consociate
,
consort
,
conversation
,
copartner
,
coze
,
crony
,
cry
,
dither
,
dope
,
eavesdropper
,
fellow
,
fellow student
,
flibbertigibbet
,
gab
,
gabble
,
gam
,
gas
,
gibber
,
gibble-gabble
,
girl friend
,
go on
,
gossip columnist
,
gossiper
,
gossiping
,
gossipmonger
,
gossipmongering
,
gossipry
,
grapevine
,
groundless rumor
,
guff
,
gup
,
gush
,
haver
,
hearsay
,
hint
,
hot air
,
idle talk
,
imply
,
information
,
inquirer
,
inquisitive
,
inquisitor
,
insinuate
,
intimate
,
jabber
,
jaw
,
make conversation
,
mate
,
mere talk
,
messmate
,
natter
,
newsmonger
,
newsmongering
,
newspaperman
,
nonsense talk
,
nosy Parker
,
old crony
,
on dit
,
on-dit
,
pal
,
palaver
,
pard
,
pardner
,
partner
,
patter
,
piece of gossip
,
playfellow
,
playmate
,
poop
,
pour forth
,
prate
,
prating
,
prattle
,
prittle-prattle
,
pry
,
querier
,
querist
,
questioner
,
quidnunc
,
ramble on
,
rattle
,
rattle on
,
reel off
,
reporter
,
retail gossip
,
roommate
,
rubberneck
,
rubbernecker
,
rumble
,
rumor
,
rumormonger
,
run on
,
scandal
,
scandalmonger
,
schoolfellow
,
schoolmate
,
scopophiliac
,
scuttlebutt
,
shipmate
,
side partner
,
sidekick
,
sieve
,
sightseer
,
small talk
,
snoop
,
snooper
,
spout
,
spout off
,
story
,
suggest
,
tabby
,
tale
,
talebearer
,
talebearing
,
taleteller
,
taletelling
,
talk
,
talk away
,
talk nonsense
,
talk on
,
talkee-talkee
,
tattle
,
tattler
,
tattletale
,
teammate
,
tell idle tales
,
telltale
,
tete-a-tete
,
tittle-tattle
,
tittle-tattler
,
twaddle
,
twattle
,
visit
,
voyeur
,
waffle
,
whisper
,
word
,
workfellow
,
yak
,
yakkety-yak
,
yenta
,
yokefellow
,
yokemate
whispering campaign
collapse
the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate
related words >
aspersion
,
character assassination
,
dirt
,
dirty politics
,
gossip column
,
imputation
,
innuendo
,
insinuation
,
juicy morsel
,
last-minute lie
,
malicious gossip
,
muckraking
,
mudslinging
,
mudslinging campaign
,
personal remark
,
personality
,
political canard
,
reflection
,
roorback
,
scandal
,
scandalmongering
,
slander
,
slur
,
sly suggestion
,
smear campaign
,
suggestion
,
tidbit
,
uncomplimentary remark
ward off
collapse
avert, turn away, or repel; "Ward off danger"
related words >
about the bush
,
anticipate
,
avert
,
bar
,
beat around
,
beat back
,
beat off
,
beg the question
,
block
,
brush off
,
chase
,
chase away
,
chase off
,
check
,
counter
,
cut
,
debar
,
deflect
,
deter
,
discourage
,
dishearten
,
dismiss
,
dodge
,
drive away
,
drive back
,
duck
,
equivocate
,
estop
,
exclude
,
fence
,
fend
,
fend off
,
forbid
,
foreclose
,
forestall
,
hedge
,
help
,
hem and haw
,
hinder
,
hold at bay
,
hold off
,
keep at bay
,
keep from
,
keep off
,
obstruct
,
obviate
,
pack off
,
parry
,
preclude
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
push back
,
pussyfoot
,
put back
,
put off
,
rebuff
,
rebut
,
recoil
,
refuse
,
repel
,
repulse
,
rule out
,
save
,
send away
,
send off
,
send packing
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shrink
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
sidestep
,
snub
,
spurn
,
stave off
,
step aside
,
stop
,
swerve
,
thrust back
,
turn aside
,
turn back
talebearer
collapse
related words >
a tale-bearing animal
,
betrayer
,
blab
,
blabber
,
blabberer
,
blabbermouth
,
busybody
,
canary
,
delator
,
fink
,
gossip
,
gossip columnist
,
gossiper
,
gossipmonger
,
informer
,
narc
,
nark
,
newsmonger
,
newspaperman
,
peacher
,
quidnunc
,
rat
,
reporter
,
rumormonger
,
scandalmonger
,
sieve
,
sneak
,
snitch
,
snitcher
,
spy
,
squealer
,
stool pigeon
,
stoolie
,
tabby
,
taleteller
,
tattler
,
tattletale
,
telltale
,
tipster
,
tittle-tattler
,
troublemaker
,
whistle-blower
,
yenta
hang back
collapse
related words >
avoid
,
back down
,
balance
,
be dilatory
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
cringe
,
dawdle
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
demur
,
dodge
,
drag
,
draw back
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
falter
,
fear
,
fight shy of
,
filibuster
,
flinch
,
gain time
,
get behind
,
hang
,
hang fire
,
hang off
,
have qualms
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hold off
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lag
,
linger
,
linger behind
,
loiter
,
make bones about
,
make time
,
pause
,
play for time
,
ponder
,
procrastinate
,
pull back
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
scruple
,
sheer off
,
shilly-shally
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
shy at
,
sidestep
,
stall
,
stall for time
,
stall off
,
start aside
,
start back
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stooge around
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
straggle
,
strain
,
strain at
,
swerve
,
talk against time
,
temporize
,
think twice about
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
turn aside
,
waver
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
,
yield
yenta
collapse
(Yiddish) a woman gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
(Yiddish) a vulgar shrew; a shallow coarse termagant
related words >
Paul Pry
,
Peeping Tom
,
a tale-bearing animal
,
backseat driver
,
busybody
,
eavesdropper
,
gossip
,
gossip columnist
,
gossiper
,
gossipmonger
,
inquirer
,
inquisitive
,
inquisitor
,
intermeddler
,
kibitzer
,
meddler
,
newsmonger
,
newspaperman
,
nosy Parker
,
prier
,
pry
,
querier
,
querist
,
questioner
,
quidnunc
,
reporter
,
rubberneck
,
rubbernecker
,
rumormonger
,
scandalmonger
,
scopophiliac
,
sightseer
,
snoop
,
snooper
,
tabby
,
talebearer
,
taleteller
,
tattler
,
tattletale
,
telltale
,
tittle-tattler
,
voyeur
taleteller
collapse
related words >
a tale-bearing animal
,
anecdotist
,
busybody
,
fableist
,
fabler
,
fabulist
,
fictionist
,
gossip
,
gossip columnist
,
gossiper
,
gossipmonger
,
mythmaker
,
mythopoet
,
narrator
,
newsmonger
,
newspaperman
,
novelettist
,
novelist
,
quidnunc
,
raconteur
,
reciter
,
recounter
,
relator
,
reporter
,
romancer
,
romancist
,
rumormonger
,
sagaman
,
scandalmonger
,
short-story writer
,
spinner of yarns
,
storier
,
storyteller
,
tabby
,
talebearer
,
tattler
,
tattletale
,
teller of tales
,
telltale
,
tittle-tattler
,
word painter
,
yarn spinner
,
yenta
character assassination
collapse
an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
related words >
attack
,
backbiting
,
backstabbing
,
belittlement
,
blackening
,
calumny
,
defamation
,
defamation of character
,
defilement
,
denigration
,
depreciation
,
dirt
,
dirty politics
,
disparagement
,
gossip column
,
juicy morsel
,
last-minute lie
,
malicious defamation
,
malicious gossip
,
muckraking
,
mudslinging
,
mudslinging campaign
,
name-calling
,
political canard
,
revilement
,
roorback
,
scandal
,
scandalmongering
,
slander
,
smear
,
smear campaign
,
smear word
,
tidbit
,
vilification
,
whispering campaign
reverberate
collapse
treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberating furnace; "reverberate ore"
be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves; "the waves reverberate as far away as the end of the building"
have a long or continuing effect; "The discussions with my teacher reverberated throughout my adult life"
related words >
acknowledge
,
answer
,
answer back
,
be reflected
,
be sent back
,
boom
,
bounce back
,
come again
,
come back
,
come back at
,
come up again
,
echo
,
echo back
,
flash back
,
give acknowledgment
,
give answer
,
go back
,
keep coming
,
react
,
reappear
,
rebound
,
recur
,
reecho
,
rejoin
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
reply
,
resound
,
respond
,
resume
,
retort
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
revert
,
riposte
,
roll
,
rumble
,
say
,
say in reply
,
send back
,
shoot back
,
sound
,
talk back
give ground
collapse
related words >
back down
,
back out
,
beat a retreat
,
break off combat
,
cave in
,
cease resistance
,
disengage
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
fall back
,
give in
,
give place
,
give up
,
give way
,
go back
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
quit the field
,
retire
,
retreat
,
run back
,
stand back
,
withdraw
,
yield
draw back
collapse
related words >
avoid
,
back down
,
back out
,
beat a retreat
,
blench
,
blink
,
cringe
,
discount
,
disengage
,
dodge
,
draw in
,
draw off
,
duck
,
evade
,
fade
,
fall back
,
flinch
,
funk
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back
,
hang back
,
jib
,
knock off
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull in
,
pull out
,
quail
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retire
,
retract
,
retreat
,
run back
,
sheer off
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shy
,
sidestep
,
stand back
,
start aside
,
start back
,
subtract
,
swerve
,
take
,
take away
,
take off
,
take out
,
turn aside
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
,
withdraw
revert
collapse
undergo reversion, as in a mutation
go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
related words >
back
,
back up
,
backslide
,
cock
,
come after
,
come again
,
come back
,
come last
,
come up again
,
cry back to
,
echo
,
fall
,
fall again into
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
fall from grace
,
follow
,
get behind
,
go back
,
go back to
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
have a relapse
,
jerk back
,
keep coming
,
lag behind
,
lapse
,
lapse back
,
lose ground
,
pull back
,
react
,
reappear
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
recur
,
recur to
,
regress
,
relapse
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
resound
,
resume
,
retreat
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
retrovert
,
return
,
return to
,
reverberate
,
reverse
,
revert to
,
sink back
,
slide back
,
slip back
,
take up again
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
turn
,
yield again to
newsmonger
collapse
related words >
a tale-bearing animal
,
adviser
,
announcer
,
annunciator
,
authority
,
busybody
,
channel
,
communicant
,
communicator
,
enlightener
,
expert witness
,
gossip
,
gossip columnist
,
gossiper
,
gossipmonger
,
grapevine
,
informant
,
information center
,
information medium
,
informer
,
interviewee
,
monitor
,
mouthpiece
,
newspaperman
,
notifier
,
press
,
public relations officer
,
publisher
,
quidnunc
,
radio
,
reporter
,
rumormonger
,
scandalmonger
,
source
,
spokesman
,
tabby
,
talebearer
,
taleteller
,
tattler
,
tattletale
,
television
,
teller
,
telltale
,
tipster
,
tittle-tattler
,
tout
,
witness
,
yenta
come back at
collapse
related words >
acknowledge
,
answer
,
answer back
,
come back
,
counter
,
echo
,
flash back
,
get back at
,
give acknowledgment
,
give and take
,
give answer
,
give in exchange
,
give in return
,
hit back at
,
react
,
reciprocate
,
reecho
,
rejoin
,
reply
,
respond
,
retaliate
,
retort
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
reverberate
,
riposte
,
say
,
say in reply
,
shoot back
,
snap back
,
strike back
,
take the bait
,
talk back
snap back
collapse
related words >
answer
,
backfire
,
backlash
,
boomerang
,
bounce
,
bounce back
,
bound
,
bound back
,
cannon
,
cannon off
,
carom
,
come back at
,
fly back
,
have repercussions
,
kick
,
kick back
,
lash back
,
react
,
rebound
,
recalcitrate
,
recoil
,
repercuss
,
reply
,
resile
,
respond
,
ricochet
,
riposte
,
spring
,
spring back
,
take the bait
sidestep
collapse
a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
related words >
about the bush
,
around the bush
,
avert
,
avoid
,
back and fill
,
bear off
,
beat about
,
beat around
,
beg the question
,
bicker
,
blench
,
blink
,
boggle
,
burke
,
bypass
,
cavil
,
choplogic
,
circumvent
,
cringe
,
dodge
,
draw aside
,
draw back
,
duck
,
ease off
,
edge
,
edge off
,
equivocate
,
evade
,
evade the issue
,
fade
,
fall back
,
fence
,
flinch
,
fly off
,
gee
,
glance
,
glance off
,
go crabwise
,
go off
,
go sideways
,
hang back
,
haw
,
head off
,
hedge
,
hem and haw
,
hum and haw
,
jib
,
lateral
,
lateralize
,
make leeway
,
make way for
,
mince the truth
,
mince words
,
move aside
,
mystify
,
nitpick
,
obscure
,
palter
,
parry
,
pick nits
,
prevaricate
,
pull away
,
pull back
,
pussyfoot
,
put off
,
quail
,
quibble
,
recoil
,
reel back
,
retreat
,
sheer off
,
shift
,
shift off
,
shirk
,
shove aside
,
shrink
,
shrink back
,
shuffle
,
shun
,
shunt
,
shy
,
shy away
,
shy off
,
side
,
sideslip
,
sidetrack
,
sidle
,
skew
,
skid
,
skirt
,
split hairs
,
start aside
,
start back
,
steer clear of
,
step aside
,
swerve
,
switch
,
tergiversate
,
turn aside
,
turn away
,
turn back
,
veer
,
veer off
,
waffle
,
ward off
,
weasel
,
weasel out
,
wince
fall behind
collapse
related words >
back
,
back up
,
backslide
,
cock
,
come after
,
come last
,
dawdle
,
drag
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
follow
,
get behind
,
go back
,
go backwards
,
go behind
,
hang back
,
jerk back
,
lag
,
lag behind
,
lapse
,
linger
,
linger behind
,
loiter
,
lose ground
,
pull back
,
recede
,
recidivate
,
regress
,
relapse
,
retrocede
,
retroflex
,
retrograde
,
retrogress
,
return
,
revert
,
slip back
,
straggle
,
trail
,
trail behind
give back
collapse
related words >
back out
,
backtrack
,
backwater
,
bring back
,
crumble
,
extradite
,
fail
,
fall back
,
falter
,
place in
,
put back
,
reactivate
,
recommit
,
reconstitute
,
reconvert
,
recruit
,
reenact
,
reestablish
,
refill
,
reform
,
rehabilitate
,
reinstall
,
reinstate
,
reinstitute
,
reintegrate
,
reinvest
,
remand
,
remit
,
repatriate
,
replace
,
replenish
,
restore
,
retire
,
return
,
revest
,
send back
,
take back
,
weaken
,
withdraw
go back
collapse
belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"
related words >
back
,
back down
,
back out
,
back up
,
beat a retreat
,
break back
,
bring back
,
bring to mind
,
call back
,
call to mind
,
call up
,
change back
,
come after
,
come again
,
come back
,
come home
,
come last
,
come up again
,
conjure up
,
cry back
,
disengage
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
double
,
double back
,
draw back
,
draw off
,
echo
,
evoke
,
fall astern
,
fall back
,
fall behind
,
flip-flop
,
follow
,
give ground
,
give place
,
go back over
,
go backwards
,
go home
,
hark back
,
keep coming
,
lag behind
,
look back
,
mind
,
move back
,
pull back
,
pull out
,
put back
,
reappear
,
recall
,
recall to mind
,
recapture
,
recollect
,
recur
,
reevoke
,
reflect
,
regress
,
remember
,
reoccur
,
repeat
,
resound
,
resume
,
retire
,
retrace
,
retreat
,
retrogress
,
retrospect
,
return
,
reverberate
,
revert
,
review
,
review in retrospect
,
revive
,
run back
,
see in retrospect
,
stand back
,
summon up
,
think back
,
think of
,
trail
,
trail behind
,
turn
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn back
,
use hindsight
,
withdraw
hark back
collapse
go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
related words >
break back
,
bring back
,
bring to mind
,
call back
,
call to mind
,
call up
,
change back
,
conjure up
,
cry back
,
cry back to
,
do a flip-flop
,
do an about-face
,
evoke
,
flip-flop
,
go back
,
go back over
,
go back to
,
look back
,
mind
,
recall
,
recall to mind
,
recapture
,
recollect
,
recur to
,
reevoke
,
reflect
,
remember
,
retrace
,
retrospect
,
return to
,
revert to
,
review
,
review in retrospect
,
revive
,
see in retrospect
,
summon up
,
think back
,
think of
,
turn
,
turn about
,
turn around
,
turn back
,
use hindsight
bounce back
collapse
related words >
backfire
,
backlash
,
be reflected
,
be sent back
,
boom
,
boomerang
,
bounce
,
bound
,
bound back
,
cannon
,
cannon off
,
carom
,
come around
,
come back
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
echo
,
echo back
,
fly back
,
get about
,
get over
,
get well
,
have repercussions
,
kick
,
kick back
,
lash back
,
make a comeback
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
rally
,
rebound
,
recalcitrate
,
recoil
,
recover
,
reecho
,
reflect
,
repercuss
,
resile
,
resound
,
return
,
reverberate
,
revive
,
ricochet
,
roll
,
rumble
,
send back
,
snap back
,
sound
,
spring
,
spring back
,
strong arm
,
survive
,
weather the storm
ponder
collapse
related words >
appraise
,
back down
,
balance
,
be abstracted
,
brood
,
brood over
,
chaw
,
chew over
,
chew the cud
,
cogitate
,
con over
,
consider
,
contemplate
,
debate
,
deliberate
,
deliberate over
,
deliberate upon
,
demur
,
digest
,
dwell
,
evaluate
,
excogitate
,
falter
,
fear
,
hang back
,
hem and haw
,
hesitate
,
hover
,
hum and haw
,
introspect
,
jib
,
meditate
,
meditate upon
,
mind
,
mull over
,
muse
,
muse on
,
muse over
,
pause
,
perpend
,
play around with
,
play with
,
ponder over
,
pull back
,
reason
,
reflect
,
reflect over
,
retreat
,
revolve
,
roll
,
ruminate
,
ruminate over
,
run over
,
scruple
,
shilly-shally
,
shy
,
speculate
,
stick at
,
stickle
,
stop to consider
,
straddle the fence
,
strain at
,
study
,
think
,
think over
,
think twice about
,
toy with
,
turn over
,
weigh
,
withdraw
,
yield
come back
collapse
be restored; "Her old vigor returned"
even the score, in sports
related words >
acknowledge
,
answer
,
answer back
,
bounce back
,
come around
,
come back at
,
come home
,
come round
,
come to
,
come up smiling
,
double
,
double back
,
echo
,
flash back
,
get about
,
get over
,
get well
,
give acknowledgment
,
give answer
,
go back
,
go home
,
make a comeback
,
pull round
,
pull through
,
put back
,
rally
,
react
,
recover
,
recur
,
reecho
,
rejoin
,
reply
,
respond
,
retort
,
return
,
return answer
,
return for answer
,
return to mind
,
reverberate
,
revive
,
riposte
,
say
,
say in reply
,
shoot back
,
survive
,
talk back
,
turn back
,
weather the storm
slander
collapse
words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another
related words >
asperse
,
assail
,
attack
,
backbite
,
backbiting
,
backstabbing
,
barefaced lie
,
belie
,
belittlement
,
bitchiness
,
blackwash
,
calumniate
,
calumniation
,
calumny
,
cattiness
,
character assassination
,
consummate lie
,
damage
,
decry
,
defamation
,
defamation of character
,
defame
,
denigrate
,
depreciation
,
dirt
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
gossip column
,
hurt
,
injure
,
juicy morsel
,
libel
,
malicious gossip
,
malign
,
misrepresentation
,
monstrous lie
,
muckrake
,
muckraking
,
obloquy
,
out-and-out lie
,
roorback
,
scandal
,
scandalmongering
,
slur
,
smear
,
strumpet
,
tale
,
tear down
,
the big lie
,
tidbit
,
traduce
,
traducement
,
vilification
,
vilify
,
whispering campaign
,
whopper
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