Meanings
alternative word-of-mouth
- idiomaticuncountableThe verbal means of passing on information; viva voce.
The book didn't need to be advertised; it became popular solely by word of mouth.
2 more examples
Kevin heard it on the radio / Hugh informed word of mouth / Carla read it in the news / Caught it all, just a touch
1986, “Just a Touch”, in Lifes Rich Pageant, performed by R.E.M.You'll never get bad information / If you believe in the word of mouth
1991, Mike Rutherford, Christopher Neil, “Word of Mouth”, performed by Mike + The Mechanics
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bengali মুখের কথা
- মুখের কথা (mukher kotha)verbal means of passing of information
Catalan boca-orella
- boca-orellaverbal means of passing of information
Chinese Mandarin 口口相傳 /口口相传, 口傳 /口传
- 口口相傳 /口口相传 (kǒukǒu xiāngchuán)verbal means of passing of information
- 口傳 /口传 (kǒuchuán)verbal means of passing of information
Danish mund til mund
- mund til mundverbal means of passing of information
Dutch mond-tot-mond, mond-tot-mond communicatie
- mond-tot-mondverbal means of passing of information
- mond-tot-mond communicatieverbal means of passing of information
Esperanto perbuŝo
- perbuŝoverbal means of passing of information
Finnish suupuhe
- suupuheverbal means of passing of information
French bouche à oreille
- bouche à oreilleverbal means of passing of information
German Mundpropaganda, Mund-zu-Mund-Propaganda
- Mundpropagandaverbal means of passing of information
- Mund-zu-Mund-Propagandaverbal means of passing of information
Greek από στόμα σε στόμα
- από στόμα σε στόμα (apó stóma se stóma)verbal means of passing of information
Hungarian élőszó
- élőszóverbal means of passing of information
Icelandic munnlega
- munnlegaverbal means of passing of information
Indonesian getok tular, dari mulut ke mulut
- getok tularverbal means of passing of information
- dari mulut ke mulutverbal means of passing of information
Italian passaparola
- passaparolaverbal means of passing of information
Japanese 口コミ, 口伝
- 口コミ (kuchikomi)verbal means of passing of information
- 口伝 (kuden)verbal means of passing of information
Korean 구전
- 구전 (gujeon)verbal means of passing of information
Latin viva voce
- viva voceverbal means of passing of information
Polish poczta pantoflowa, wici
- poczta pantoflowaverbal means of passing of information
- wiciverbal means of passing of information
Portuguese boca a boca, passa-palavra
- boca a bocaverbal means of passing of information
- passa-palavraverbal means of passing of information
Russian сарафа́нное ра́дио
- сарафа́нное ра́дио (sarafánnoje rádio)verbal means of passing of information
Spanish boca a boca, boca-oreja
- boca a bocaverbal means of passing of information
- boca-orejaverbal means of passing of information
- de boca en bocaverbal means of passing of information
- de dicho en dicho (disused)verbal means of passing of information
Swedish mun till mun
- mun till munverbal means of passing of information
Turkish dedikodu gazetesi
- dedikodu gazetesiverbal means of passing of information
Cite this entry
word of mouth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20of%20mouth
“word of mouth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20of%20mouth. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “word of mouth,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20of%20mouth.
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