NEWSMONGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does newsmonger mean? 

• NEWSMONGER (noun)
  The noun NEWSMONGER has 1 sense:

1. a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

  Familiarity information: NEWSMONGER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEWSMONGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

gossip; gossiper; gossipmonger; newsmonger; rumormonger; rumourmonger

Hypernyms ("newsmonger" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "newsmonger"):

cat (a spiteful woman gossip)

scandalmonger (a person who spreads malicious gossip)

blabbermouth; talebearer; taleteller; tattler; tattletale; telltale (someone who gossips indiscreetly)

yenta ((Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal)