rumormongers
Those spreading unverified tales
Rumormongers are people who spread rumors—unverified stories or gossip, often damaging to someone's reputation.
The term carries disapproval, suggesting someone who traffics in hearsay for its own sake: The rumormongers had a field day with news of the affair.
A rumormonger rumormongs, though the verb is rare.
Habitual spreader of rumors
- scandalmongerSpreader of shameful rumors
- tattlerOne who reveals secrets
- talebearerOne who spreads rumors
- busybodyIntrusive meddler
blabbermouth · yenta · backbiter · slanderer · whisperer · meddler · snoop · tattletale
Those who spread information
- propagatorsSpreaders of ideas
- circulatorsDevices that move fluid
- peddlersMobile small-scale merchants
- leakersThose who reveal secrets
sowers · instigators · agitators · provocateurs · whisperers · relayers · transmitters · purveyors
gossipmonger
Habitual spreader of rumors
- scandalmongerSpreader of shameful rumors
- tattlerOne who reveals secrets
- talebearerOne who spreads rumors
busybody · blabbermouth · yenta · backbiter · slanderer · whisperer · meddler · snoop · tattletale · gossip
disseminators
Those who spread information
- propagatorsSpreaders of ideas
- circulatorsDevices that move fluid
- peddlersMobile small-scale merchants
leakers · sowers · instigators · agitators · provocateurs · whisperers · relayers · transmitters · purveyors · fomenters
- gossipgossip, hearsay, whisper, scuttlebutt, tittle-tattle
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
rumormongersfact-checkers
Those who confirm accuracy
investigative reporters · truth-tellers · journalists · reliable sources · documentarians
rumormongerstruth-tellers
Those who state facts
honest brokers · straight shooters · debunkers · confidants · whistleblowers