HEARSAY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
   Synonym(s)
   • rumor (what does rumor mean?)
   • rumour (what does rumour mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) hearsay is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • gossip (what does gossip mean?)
   • comment (what does comment mean?)
   • scuttlebutt (what does scuttlebutt mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rumor (what does rumor mean?)
   • rumour (what does rumour mean?)
   • bruit (what does bruit mean?)
   • rumor (what does rumor mean?)
   • rumour (what does rumour mean?)
   • bruit (what does bruit mean?)

HEARSAY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • heard through another rather than directly
   Usage Example(s)
   • hearsay information
   Similar To
   • indirect (what does indirect mean?)