Buzz
Buzz noun - Information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy.
Usage example: the buzz is that this would-be blockbuster will be the bomb of the summer
Word and buzz are semantically related. in gossip topic. In some cases you can use "Word" instead a noun "Buzz".
Word
Word noun - Information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy.
Usage example: don't tell anyone I told you about the shake-up, but that's the word right now
How words are described
| old | old buzz | old word |
| good | good buzz | good word |
| nice | nice buzz | nice word |
| long | long buzz | long word |
| Other adjectives: similar, certain, original, single, real, wrong, little, bad, ancient, new. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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For instance, in one Project Runway show from season two, a contestant crows a two-syllable F-word, and the buzz is hiding the "ing" part.
Source: Sound Effect Bleep -
A scrambled word appears and a punny clue is given- the first team to buzz in correctly gets the board's value of that word (which can be doubled or tripled if a letter is on a double or triple word score space).
Source: Series / Scrabble Showdown -
A nine-letter word is scrambled, and the first player to buzz-in and get it right gets 10 points.
Source: Series / Countdown
Cite this Source
Word and Buzz. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buzz/word
Buzz & Word. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buzz/word>.
Word or Buzz. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/buzz/word.
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