a story or statement in general circulation without confirmation or certainty as to facts

a rumor of war.

gossip; hearsay

Don't listen to rumor.

Archaic . a continuous, confused noise; clamor; din.

to circulate, report, or assert by a rumor

It is rumored that the king is dead.

noun

truth

verb

tell truth

noun

back-fence talk , breeze * , bruit , canard , comment , cry , dispatch , earful , fabrication , falsehood , fame , fiction , gossip , grapevine * , hearsay , hoax , innuendo , intelligence , invention , lie , news , notoriety , report , repute , rumble , scandal , scuttlebutt * , story , suggestion , supposition , tale , tattle , tidings , whisper , wire * , word , gossipry , talebearing , tittle-tattle , grapevine , on dit , prattle , roorback , scuttlebutt

verb

bruit , buzz * , circulate , gossip , noise about , pass around , publish , report , say , talk , tattle , whisper , blab , noise , tittle-tattle , buzz , canard , fabrication , grapevine , hearsay , idle talk , innuendo , message , murmur , news , prattle , scandal , scuttlebutt , spread , story , tidings , word