hearsay

Plural: hearsays

Noun

• Information received from other people that cannot be substantiated; rumor.
• gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
• Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
• Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.
• An out-of-court statement offered in court to prove the truth of the matter asserted (or the in-court testimony which recites such a statement), which is normally inadmissible (because it is not subject to cross-examination) unless it falls under one of a number of exceptions.

Adjective Satellite

• heard through another rather than directly
  • "hearsay information"

Examples

• He disregarded the HEARSAY about his opponent’s cheating and focused on his own plays.

Synonyms

rumor, rumour, gossip, report

Related Words

as they say, hear, hear tell, so they say, you know what they say