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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rumor; information expressed in soft voice |
| Synonyms: | buzz*, confidence, disclosure, divulgence, gossip, hint, hum, hushed tone, innuendo, insinuation, low voice, mumble, murmur, mutter, report, secret, secret message, sigh, sighing, susurration, undertone, word |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | whisper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak softly |
| Synonyms: | breathe, buzz*, confide, gossip, hint, hiss, insinuate, intimate, mumble, murmur, mutter, say softly, say under one's breath, sibilate, sigh, speak confidentially, spread rumor, susurrate, talk into someone's ear, talk low, tell, tell a secret |
| Antonyms: | shout |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blast, rush of air, wind |
| Synonyms: | breathe, buffet, drive, exhale, fan, flap, flow, flutter, gasp, heave, huff, inflate, pant, puff, pump, ruffle, rush, stream, swell, swirl, waft, wave, whiff, whirl, whisk, whisper, whistle |
| Main Entry: | breath |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hint, suggestion |
| Synonyms: | dash, murmur, shade, soupçon, streak, suspicion, touch, trace, undertone, whiff, whisper |
| Main Entry: | breathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell information |
| Synonyms: | articulate, confide, express, murmur, say, sigh, utter, voice, whisper |
| Antonyms: | hide, secret |
| Main Entry: | buzz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | droning sound |
| Synonyms: | drone, fizz, fizzle, hiss, hum, murmur, purr, ring, ringing, sibilation, whir, whisper |
| Main Entry: | buzz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gossip |
| Synonyms: | comment, cry, grapevine, hearsay, news, report, rumble*, rumor, scandal, scuttlebutt, talk, whisper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buzz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make droning sound |
| Synonyms: | bombinate, bumble, drone, fizz, fizzle, hum, murmur, reverberate, ring, sibilate, whir, whisper, whiz |
| Main Entry: | confide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divulge information |
| Synonyms: | admit, bend an ear, breathe, buzz*, confess, crack to, disclose, hint, impart, insinuate, intimate, lay it on, lay the gaff, let in on, reveal, spill to, suggest, tell, unload on, whisper |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secrete, suppress |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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