gossipmonger

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noun

A person who gossips (spreads gossip).

“Near-synonyms: newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger; rumorer, rumourer; blabbermouth, talebearer, telltale”

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Meanings

noungossipmonger (plural gossipmongers)

plural gossipmongers

  1. A person who gossips (spreads gossip).

    Near-synonyms: newsmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger; rumorer, rumourer; blabbermouth, talebearer, telltale

    Synonyms: gossip, gossiper, carrytale, blab, blabbermouth, blabtale, blabtongue, busybody

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who gossips (spreads gossip).

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

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gossipgossiperrumormongerrumourmongernewsmonger
Broader
communicator
Also see
blabbermouthgossipgossipernewsmongerquidnuncrumormongerrumourertattletaletelltaletwit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From gossip + monger.

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Cite this entry
APA

gossipmonger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossipmonger

MLA

“gossipmonger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossipmonger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gossipmonger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossipmonger.

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