Synonyms for hearsay
ˈhɪərˌseɪhearsay

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1. hearsaynoun

   Synonyms:
   common talk, rumor, gossip, report

2. hearsaynoun

   information that was heard by one person about another

   Synonyms:
   rumor, gossip, report, common talk

3. hearsaynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   common talk, rumor, gossip, report

4. hearsaynoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   gossip, rumor, common talk, report

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hearsay

   Synonyms:
   report, rumor, gossip

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rumor, rumour, hearsayadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   rumour, rumor

   Antonyms:
   direct

2. hearsayadjective

   heard through another rather than directly

   "hearsay information"

   Antonyms:
   direct

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1. hearsaynoun

   Synonyms:
   rumor, report, fame, bruit, common talk, town talk

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1. hearsaynoun

   Synonyms:
   rumor, report, gossip, bruit, on dit

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1. List of paraphrases for "hearsay":

   rumor, rumour

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1. Ben Hirschmann:

   A bunch of the stuff they (Democrats) have is based on hearsay, which doesn't stand up in court. Speculation doesn't stand up either.

2. Judge Cynthia Stephens:

   What I have is, at best, a hearsay affidavit that addresses a harm that would be significant, we've got an affidavit that is not firsthand knowledge.

3. Preet Bharara:

   I don't see what the privilege is here that prevents him from providing information that is lawfully and appropriately subpoenaed by these three different committees, rudy Giuliani and others in support of the President have gone on television day after day after day saying as the thrust of their argument here that the whistleblower relies on hearsay information, second hand information.

4. Mickey Mehta:

   Believe only in what you have known through your personal experience and not in what you have heard. Till you haven't experienced it, it cannot be your truth. Don't let your life with hearsay be trivialized; live and learn through knowing and get MickeyMized.

5. Serena Williams:

   I think the book was 100 % hearsay, at least all the stuff I read and the quotes that I read, which was a little bit disappointing, i have cried in the locker room many times after a loss, and that's what I have seen a lot of people do. I think it's normal. I think if anything, it shows the passion and the desire and the will that you have to want to go out there and do the best.