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Gossip

A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.

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Account 76% connected

A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time.

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Chat 76% connected

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.

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Communicator 76% connected

One who communicates.

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Confab 76% connected

Familiar talk or conversation.

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Confabulation 76% connected

Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

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Converse 76% connected

To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

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Discourse 76% connected

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of…

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Report 76% connected

To refer.

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Manner of action 4

Bruit 76% connected

Report; rumor; fame.

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Jawbone 76% connected

The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.

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Rumor 76% connected

A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.

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Rumour 76% connected

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Narrower term 12

Cat 76% connected

An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger th…

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Dirt 76% connected

Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of di…

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Grapevine 76% connected

A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes.

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Hearsay 76% connected

Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.

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Rumor 76% connected

A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.

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Rumour 76% connected

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Scandal 76% connected

Offense caused or experienced; reproach or reprobation called forth by what is regarded as wrong, criminal, heinous, or flagrant: opprobrium or disgr…

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Talebearer 76% connected

One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief.

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Taleteller 76% connected

One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler.

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Tattler 76% connected

One who tattles; an idle talker; one who tells tales.

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Telltale 76% connected

Telling tales; babbling.

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Chitchat 74% connected

Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

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Chitchat 74% connected

Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

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Comment 74% connected

To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…

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Comment 74% connected

To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…

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Gossiper 74% connected

One given to gossip.

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Gossiper 74% connected

One given to gossip.

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Synonym 15

Chaffer 92% connected

One who chaffs.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Chat 92% connected

To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chatter 92% connected

To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Chitchat 92% connected

Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Claver 92% connected

See Clover.

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Comment 92% connected

To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to expla…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confab 92% connected

Familiar talk or conversation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confabulate 92% connected

To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gab 92% connected

The hook on the end of an eccentric rod opposite the strap. See. Illust. of Eccentric.

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Gossiper 92% connected

One given to gossip.

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Jaw 92% connected

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

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Natter 92% connected

To find fault; to be peevish.

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Newsmonger 92% connected

One who deals in news; one who is active in hearing and telling news.

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Tittle-tattle 92% connected

Idle, trifling talk; empty prattle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Visit 92% connected

To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

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