ru‧moured British English,
rumored American English /ˈruːməd $ -ərd/
verb be rumoured if something is rumoured to be true, people are saying secretly or unofficially that it may be true ⇒
allegedit is rumoured that
It was rumoured that Johnson had been poisoned.be rumoured to be something She was rumoured to be a millionaire. a young man widely rumoured to be her lover [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲