Synonyms of gossipy

gossipy

adjective

ˈgä-sə-pē 

as in colloquial

having the style and content of everyday conversation

this book on the people who have occupied the White House is a little too gossipy to qualify as serious history

Synonyms & Similar Words

• colloquial
• newsy
• chatty
• conversational
• casual
• rambling
• familiar
• dishy
• informal
• intimate
• chattery
• talkative
• communicative
• discursive
• digressive
• expansive
• tell-all
• garrulous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• literary
• bookish
• formal
• solemn
• dignified
• elevated
• stately
• ceremonious

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of gossipy

In person, Ballerini is warm, chatty, slightly gossipy — a veteran star who has retained an essential down-to-earth quality but who also knows through experience how to create a sense of emotional intimacy with an interlocutor. —Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024

The Witch Hazel introduced in those shorts is a good-natured, gossipy witch who takes pride in her child-cooking and potion-brewing skills. —Katie Rife, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024

And the film is a study in the community, all the little relationships and the gossipy back-biting things that are happening, the young people having their first love affairs and flirtations and attractions. —Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024

There are shelves of gossipy books by aides; Mount’s wry retelling of his stint in the inner sanctum is my favorite. —Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024