Comment
Comment noun - A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.
Gossip
Gossip noun - A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people.
Usage example: the divorce caused much gossip
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old comment | old gossip |
| top | top comment | top gossip |
| nasty | nasty comment | nasty gossip |
| small | small comment | small gossip |
| Other adjectives: cryptic, little, cruel, idle, new, negative, random, several. | ||
Common collocations
| time | comment time | gossip time |
Both words in one sentence
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They occasionally comment on taking delight in beating her to a juicy piece of gossip or shame at her knowing something before either of them.
Source: Gossipy Hens - Characters have literally over a dozen generic lines of dialogue, and have a comment to make on every single gossip topic (sometimes providing something different if you've advanced the relevant subplot).
Source: Talk to Everyone
Cite this Source
Gossip and Comment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/comment/gossip
Comment & Gossip. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/comment/gossip>.
Gossip or Comment. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/comment/gossip.
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