talebearing

The word “talebearing” has 3 syllables: tale-bear-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈteɪlˌbɛərɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for talebearing?

In the thesaurus, “talebearing” has 100 synonyms and 26 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for talebearing along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for talebearing

  • account
  • articulate
  • babble
  • back-fence talk
  • blabby
  • blather
  • blether
  • buzz
  • calumny
  • canard
  • chatter
  • chatty
  • chitchat
  • chronicle
  • clothesline
  • communicative
  • conversation
  • conversational
  • cry
  • defamation
  • demonstrative
  • dirt
  • dirty laundry
  • dirty linen
  • dirty wash
  • dishing
  • earful
  • effusive
  • expansive
  • extraverted
  • extroverted
  • fable
  • fabrication
  • fairy tale
  • falsehood
  • falsity
  • fib
  • fluent
  • free-spoken
  • gabby
  • garrulous
  • glib
  • gossip
  • gossipry
  • gossipy
  • grapevine
  • gregarious
  • gushing
  • hearsay
  • idle talk
  • injury
  • libel
  • lie
  • long-winded
  • loquacious
  • malicious talk
  • meddling
  • mendacity
  • motormouthed
  • mouthy
  • news
  • outgoing
  • outspoken
  • prate
  • prattle
  • prattling
  • prevarication
  • prolix
  • rambling
  • repeating
  • report
  • rumor
  • scandal
  • scuttlebutt
  • slander
  • small talk
  • sociable
  • story
  • tale
  • tale-telling
  • taletelling
  • talk
  • talkative
  • talky
  • tattle
  • tattling
  • tittle-tattle
  • unreserved
  • untruth
  • verbose
  • vocal
  • voluble
  • well-spoken
  • whisper
  • whispering campaign
  • whopper
  • windy
  • wire
  • word
  • wordy

Antonyms for talebearing

  • aloof
  • closemouthed
  • evasive
  • indrawn
  • inhibited
  • introverted
  • laconic
  • mum
  • mute
  • nonvocal
  • quiet
  • reserved
  • reticent
  • retiring
  • secretive
  • self-contained
  • shy
  • silent
  • speechless
  • taciturn
  • tight-lipped
  • tongue-tied
  • uncommunicative
  • unsociable
  • withdrawn
  • wordless

Example Sentences

  • Talebearing is often seen as a negative trait in workplaces.
  • She was accused of talebearing after spreading rumors about her colleagues.
  • Gossip magazines thrive on talebearing and sensationalized stories.
  • In small communities, talebearing can quickly damage relationships.
  • The manager warned against any form of talebearing that could harm team morale.

On this page you'll find 126 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to talebearing, such as: account, aloof, articulate, babble, back-fence talk, blabby, blather.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

backstabbing

  • abandonment
  • abuse
  • artful
  • aspersion
  • backbiting
  • beguiling
  • belittlement
  • betrayal
  • betraying
  • black eye
  • blame
  • business
  • calumniation
  • calumny
  • cattiness
  • censure
  • character assassination
  • cheap shot
  • condemnation
  • contempt
  • contumely
  • crafty
  • crime
  • crossing
  • cunning
  • damage
  • debasement
  • deceit
  • deceiving
  • deception
  • deceptive
  • defamation
  • degradation
  • denigration
  • denunciation
  • deprecation
  • depreciation
  • derision
  • derogation
  • desertion
  • detraction
  • dirt
  • dirty laundry
  • dirty linen
  • discredit
  • disdain
  • disesteem
  • disgrace
  • dishonest
  • dishonor
  • disloyalty
  • disparagement
  • disrepute
  • double cross
  • double-crossing
  • double-dealing
  • dump
  • duplicity
  • dynamite
  • eavesdropping
  • faithlessness
  • falseness
  • falsity
  • foxy
  • fraud
  • fraudulent
  • giving away
  • going back on
  • gossip
  • guile
  • guileful
  • harm
  • hearsay
  • hit
  • hurt
  • hypocritical
  • idle rumor
  • ignominy
  • impairment
  • infamy
  • infidelity
  • informing
  • injury
  • injustice
  • innuendo
  • insincere
  • insinuation
  • invective
  • knavish
  • knock
  • lessening
  • libel
  • libeling
  • lie
  • low-down dirty
  • lying
  • malice
  • maligning
  • minimization
  • misleading
  • misrepresentation
  • muckraking
  • mud
  • mud-slinging
  • obloquy
  • opprobrium
  • peaching
  • pejorative
  • perfidy
  • prejudice
  • rap
  • reproach
  • revilement
  • ridicule
  • rumor
  • running down
  • scam
  • scandal
  • scandalmongering
  • scorcher
  • scorn
  • scurrility
  • selling down the river
  • sellout
  • shame
  • shifty
  • shopping
  • sin
  • skeleton in closet
  • slam
  • slander
  • slap in face
  • slime
  • slur
  • sly
  • smear
  • smear campaign
  • sneaky
  • snitching
  • spite
  • spitefulness
  • stabbing in the back
  • swindle
  • tale
  • talebearing
  • talk
  • traducement
  • traducing
  • treachery
  • treason
  • trickery
  • tricky
  • turning in
  • turpitude
  • two-facedness
  • two-timing
  • underestimation
  • underhanded
  • unfaithfulness
  • untruthful
  • vilification
  • vituperation
  • wrong
  • wrongdoing

backstabbings

  • abandonments
  • betrayals
  • businesses
  • deceits
  • deceptions
  • desertions
  • disloyalties
  • double crosses
  • double-dealings
  • duplicities
  • falsities
  • frauds
  • guiles
  • infidelities
  • perfidies
  • sellouts
  • talebearings
  • treacheries
  • treasons
  • trickeries

canard

canards

faithlessness

  • abandonment
  • adultery
  • backstabbing
  • betrayal
  • business
  • deceit
  • deception
  • desertion
  • disbelief
  • dishonesty
  • disloyalty
  • double cross
  • double-dealing
  • doubt
  • duplicity
  • falseness
  • falsity
  • fickleness
  • fraud
  • guile
  • inconstancy
  • infidelity
  • informing
  • lying
  • perfidiousness
  • perfidy
  • sellout
  • skepticism
  • snitching
  • talebearing
  • treacherousness
  • treachery
  • treason
  • trickery
  • two-facedness
  • two-timing
  • unfaithfulness

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