Usually means: Unverified information spread among people.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word rumour:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. rumour: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rumour: Merriam-Webster
  3. rumour: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rumour: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. rumour: Collins English Dictionary
  6. rumour: Vocabulary.com
  7. Rumour, rumour: Wordnik
  8. rumour: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. rumour: Wiktionary
  10. rumour: Dictionary.com
  11. Rumour, The Rumour (New Zealand band), The Rumour (Olivia Newton-John album), The Rumour (album), The Rumour: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. rumour: Rhymezone
  13. rumour: FreeDictionary.org
  14. rumour: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. rumour: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rumour: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rumour: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rumour: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See rumouring as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  British, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
▸ verb:  Commonwealth standard spelling of rumor.

Similar:
hearsay, rumor, bruit, ardour, colour, illitisation, meat sceptre, civilisation, honour, liquorice, more...

Opposite:
truth, fact, reality

Types:
urban legend, false rumour, misinformation, rumour mill, rumor, rumor mill, more...

Phrases:
rumour mill, rumour mongering, rumour mongers, rumour mills, rumour monger, more...

Adjectives:
mere, false, first, popular, vague, public, common, idle, persistent, general, strong

Colors:
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Similar:
hearsay, rumor, bruit, ardour, colour, illitisation, meat sceptre, civilisation, honour, liquorice, more...

Opposite:
truth, fact, reality

Types:
urban legend, false rumour, misinformation, rumour mill, rumor, rumor mill, more...

Phrases:
rumour mill, rumour mongering, rumour mongers, rumour mills, rumour monger, rumour has it, I Heard a Rumour, The Rumour, false rumour, opposite of rumour, unfounded rumour, groundless rumour, more...

Adjectives:
mere, false, first, popular, vague, public, common, idle, persistent, general, strong

Colors:
    gray,     whisper white,     midnight blue,     hushed pink, more...



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