rumored
adjective, verb
rumored is an adjective meaning “Widely reported without strong evidence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-U-M-O-R-E-D and has 2 syllables, and it appears 2.5 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rumored mean?
adjective
- 1
Widely reported without strong evidence.
The company's rumored losses led to a sharp decline in share price.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of rumor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rumored?
Rumored has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of rumored
- more rumored comparative
- most rumored superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rumored?
Rumored appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,342nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).