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GOSSIPER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Synonyms:

gossip; gossiper; gossipmonger; newsmonger; rumormonger; rumourmonger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("gossiper" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gossiper"):

cat (a spiteful woman gossip)

scandalmonger (a person who spreads malicious gossip)

blabbermouth; talebearer; taleteller; tattler; tattletale; telltale (someone who gossips indiscreetly)

yenta ((Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal)

Derivation:

gossip (wag one's tongue; speak about others and reveal secrets or intimacies)

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