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Definition of rumor : 1. A current story passing from one person to another, without any known authority for its truth; - in this sense often personified.
2. A flying or popular report; the common talk; hence, public fame; notoriety.
3. A prolonged, indistinct noise.
4. To report by rumor; to tell.

Synonyms:

fame, bruit, relation, invention, tale, repute, record, noise, canard, falsehood, tittle-tattle, lie, grapevine, word, intelligence, scandal, recital, narrative, hearsay, hoax, innuendo, rumour, fabrication, tattle, scuttlebutt, words, suggestion, supposition, gossipry, story, talk, talebearing, fiction, tidings, narration, rehearsal, cry, description

communication, announcement, gossip, epistle, message, information, report, news, bulletin, dispatch, notice, statement, account, flash, release

Usage examples:

• Rumor had it that Sunnyside was burning, and it was amazing how many people threw something over their night- clothes and flew to the conflagration. - "The Circular Staircase", Mary Roberts Rinehart.
• Madame Bonaparte, whose ears this rumor reached, ran after her husband, begging him not to set out; but he embraced her, laughing, calling her a coward, and entered the vessel which was awaiting him. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
• What do you think of this rumor that the revolution in Brazil is going to knock out our share market? - "The Sign of the Spider", Bertram Mitford.