| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties | | Division (II) Communication of Ideas | | Section II. Modes of Communication |
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| 532. News. |
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| NOUN: | NEWS; information [See Information]; piece -, budget- of -news, - information; intelligence, tidings; beat or scoop [newspaper cant], story, copy [cant], print, letterpress.
fresh -, stirring -, old -, stale- news; glad tidings; old -, stale- story; chestnut [slang].
MESSAGE, word, advice, aviso, dispatch or despatch; telegram, cable [colloq.], wire [colloq.], radio [colloq.], radiogram, wireless telegram, wireless [colloq.], marconigram, pneumatogram, communication, errand, embassy; bulletin; broadcast.
REPORT, rumor, hearsay, on-dit, flying rumor, news stirring, cry, buzz, bruit, fame; talk, ouï-dire [F.], scandal, eavesdropping; town -, table- -talk, - gossip; tittle-tattle; canard, topic of the day, idea afloat.
NARRATOR (describe) [See Description]; newsmonger, scandalmonger; busybody, talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler, blab, babbler, tattletale, chatterer; informer, squealer [slang].
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| VERB: | TRANSPIRE (be disclosed) [See Disclosure]; rumor (publish) [See Publication].
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| ADJECTIVE: | RUMORED; publicly -, currently- -rumored, - reported; many-tongued; rife, current, floating, afloat, going about, in circulation, in every one’s mouth, all over the town.
HAVING NEWS VALUE, newsy [colloq.], snappy [slang].
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| ADVERB: | AS THEY SAY; as the story -goes, - runs; it is said.
BY TELEGRAPH, by cable, by radio [colloq.], by wireless [colloq.].
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Airy tongues that syllable men’s names.—Milton
- Master! master! news, old news, and such news as you never heard of.—Taming of the Shrew
- Some tell, some hear, some judge of news, some make it.—Dryden
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