Meanings
noungossiper (plural gossipers)
plural gossipers
- A person who gossips.
The gossiper, Emma wishes to control her receiver's of gossip (Harriet) opinion about Emma's marriage through setting Miss Bates, the gossipee, as a bad example to be followed in pursuing a dream of marriage.
2017, Fareed Hameed Al-Hindawi, Musaab Al-Khazaali, Linguistic Analysis of Literary Data, page 180Synonyms: gossipmonger, carrytale, blab, blabbermouth, blabtale, blabtongue, busybody, buzzer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who gossips.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans skinderbek, skinderaar
- skinderbekone who gossips
- skinderaarone who gossips
Ancient Greek σπερμολόγος
- σπερμολόγος (spermológos)one who gossips
Arabic نَمَّام, نَمَّامة
- نَمَّام (nammām)one who gossips
- نَمَّامة (nammāma)one who gossips
Bulgarian клюка́р, клюка́рка
- клюка́р (kljukár)one who gossips
- клюка́рка (kljukárka)one who gossips
Catalan xafarder, xafardera
- xafarderone who gossips
- xafarderaone who gossips
- tafanerone who gossips
- tafaneraone who gossips
- bugaderone who gossips
- bugaderaone who gossips
Chinese Cantonese 八公, 八婆
- 八公 (baat³ gung¹)one who gossips
- 八婆 (baat³ po⁴)one who gossips
Chinese Mandarin 愛說閒話的人 /爱说闲话的人, 八卦的人
- 愛說閒話的人 /爱说闲话的人 (ài shuō xiánhuà de rén)one who gossips
- 八卦的人 (bāguà de rén)one who gossips
Czech drbna, klepna
- drbnaone who gossips
- klepnaone who gossips
- klevetníkone who gossips
- klevetniceone who gossips
Danish sladrehank
- sladrehankone who gossips
Dutch roddelaar, roddelaarster
- roddelaarone who gossips
- roddelaarsterone who gossips
Esperanto klaĉisto, klaĉulo
- klaĉistoone who gossips
- klaĉuloone who gossips
- klaĉantoone who gossips
Finnish juoruilija, juorukello
- juoruilijaone who gossips
- juorukelloone who gossips
French commère, ragoteur
- commèreone who gossips
- ragoteurone who gossips
- ragoteuseone who gossips
German Waschweib, Tratsche
- Waschweibone who gossips
- Tratscheone who gossips
- Tratschtanteone who gossips
- Klatschtanteone who gossips
- Tratschweibone who gossips
- Klatschweibone who gossips
Greek κουτσομπόλης, κουτσομπόλα
- κουτσομπόλης (koutsompólis)one who gossips
- κουτσομπόλα (koutsompóla)one who gossips
Hebrew רכלן
- רכלן (rakhlán)one who gossips
Hungarian pletykás, pletykafészek
- pletykásone who gossips
- pletykafészekone who gossips
Italian pettegolo, pettegola
- pettegoloone who gossips
- pettegolaone who gossips
- chiacchieroneone who gossips
- chiacchieronaone who gossips
- comareone who gossips
- linguacciutoone who gossips
- ciarlatanoone who gossips
Latin lingulāca
- lingulācaone who gossips
Māori nguturepe
- nguturepeone who gossips
Norwegian Bokmål ryktemaker, ryktesmed
- ryktemakerone who gossips
- ryktesmedone who gossips
- skvaldrebøtteone who gossips
Persian سخنچین
- سخنچین (soxan-čin)one who gossips
Polish bajczarz, bajczarka
- bajczarzone who gossips
- bajczarkaone who gossips
- plotkarzone who gossips
- plotkarkaone who gossips
Portuguese fofoqueiro, mexeriqueiro
- fofoqueiroone who gossips
- mexeriqueiroone who gossips
- bisbilhoteiroone who gossips
- coscuvilheiroone who gossips
- fofoqueiroone who gossips
- fuxiqueiroone who gossips
- futriquentoone who gossips
- futriqueiroone who gossips
Romanian palavragiu, palavragioaică
- palavragiuone who gossips
- palavragioaicăone who gossips
Russian спле́тник, спле́тница
- спле́тник (splétnik)one who gossips
- спле́тница (splétnica)one who gossips
- болту́н (boltún)one who gossips
- болту́нья (boltúnʹja)one who gossips
Scottish Gaelic beadag, cabag
- beadagone who gossips
- cabagone who gossips
- cabaireone who gossips
- cabairneachone who gossips
- clabaireone who gossips
- fodhalone who gossips
- goistidhone who gossips
- gobagone who gossips
- preigeadairone who gossips
Slovak klebetník, klebetníca
- klebetníkone who gossips
- klebetnícaone who gossips
Spanish chismoso, copuchento
- chismosoone who gossips
- copuchentoone who gossips
- argüenderoone who gossips
- alcahueteone who gossips
- cotillaone who gossips
- correveidileone who gossips
- gacetillaone who gossips
- llevaitraeone who gossips
- hocicónone who gossips
Swahili mdakizi, mdaku
- mdakizione who gossips
- mdakuone who gossips
Swedish skvallerbytta, skvallerkäring
- skvallerbyttaone who gossips
- skvallerkäringone who gossips
- sladderkärringone who gossips
- sladdertackaone who gossips
- skvallerkvarnone who gossips
- skvallermosterone who gossips
- skvallerrantaone who gossips
- skvallertaskaone who gossips
- skvallertantone who gossips
- tjallareone who gossips
Tagalog tsismoso, tsismosa
- tsismosoone who gossips
- tsismosaone who gossips
Turkish dedikoducu
- dedikoducuone who gossips
Ukrainian плітка́р, плітка́рка
- плітка́р (plitkár)one who gossips
- плітка́рка (plitkárka)one who gossips
- плету́н (pletún)one who gossips
- плету́нка (pletúnka)one who gossips
- базі́кало (bazíkalo)one who gossips
Welsh clebryn
- clebrynone who gossips
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gossiper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossiper
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“gossiper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossiper. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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