1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Hearsay

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Unverified information heard or received from another; rumor.

n. Law Evidence based on the reports of others rather than the personal knowledge of a witness and therefore generally not admissible as testimony.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. information that was heard by one person about another

n. evidence based on the reports of others rather than on personal knowledge; normally inadmissible because not made under oath

n. evidence: an out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted; normally inadmissible because not subject to cross-examination, unless the hearsay statement falls under one of the many exceptions

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Information communicated by another; report; common talk; rumor; gossip.

Of or pertaining to or depending upon hearsay, or the talk of others; told or given at second hand.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. heard through another rather than directly

n. gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

Word Usage

"That sort of comment based upon hearsay is irresponsible at best."

Equivalent

indirect

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

gossip scuttlebutt comment

Cross Reference

hearsay evidence

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

report rumor fame gossip common talk

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

dit guesswork eyewitness conjecture innuendo