Thesaurus:tattle

Thesaurus

tattle

English

Noun

Sense: idle talk about someone else's private or personal business

Synonyms

• clatfart (dialect)
• goss (slang)
• gossip    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gossipry
• janglery (obsolete)
• labrish (Jamaica)
• scuttlebutt
• skeet (Isle of Man)
• tale
• tattle
• tidbit (archaic)
• tittle-tattle
• twittle-twattle (archaic)

Hypernyms

• chatter    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hearsay

Holonyms

• gossipfest
• yakfest

Various

• gossip column
• hoax
• indiscretion
• lie    [⇒ thesaurus]
• rumour
• slander    [⇒ thesaurus]
• scandal sheet
• slambook
• tab
• tabloid
• yellow press

See also

• Thesaurus:gossip (verb)
• Thesaurus:gossiper (noun, person)

Further reading

• “588. conversation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “tattle” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.