circulator

noun

Definition of circulatornext
as in gossiper
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others an ugly rumor about one of our staffers was circulating, and, as usual, the chief circulator was the in-house busybody

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of circulator The helium circulator’s detailed design will now need to progress through additional qualification and testing before the component can move toward manufacturing. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026 School officials say a circulator shuttle service will be available to help students, staff and faculty access the plaza. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 22 June 2026 School board races are nonpartisan, but objectors argue the restriction applies because many candidates used circulators who also gathered signatures for candidates in the March Democratic primary. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026 For families coming from Johnson County, the new Johnson County United Link is a temporary network of three circulator bus routes running June 9 through July 13, connecting Leawood, Lenexa, Merriam and other JoCo spots. — Chandler Boese, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026 Then Brady had more problems with his heating system and contacted the maintenance worker to replace the circulator pump. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026 Constitutional concerns helped tank a bill Tuesday in the South Dakota House of Representatives that aimed to ban payments to petition circulators in ballot measure campaigns. — John Hult, States Newsroom, 28 Jan. 2026 McVay highlighted a batch of about 7,000 petitions that were deemed valid that were collected by circulators suspected of fraud. — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026 Those options include 13 local bus routes, six free Orbit circulator shuttle buses and the Valley Metro Streetcar that features nine light rail stops, according to the City of Tempe. — Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circulator
  1. gossiper
  2. informant
  3. gossip
  4. informer
Noun
  • Celebrity gossiper Rob Shuter reported that the two recently let go of a number of their staff.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Her staff figured out how to get rid of the gossiper.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2025
Definition of gossiper
Noun
  • Ziccarelli said that Cochran claimed the charges were withdrawn because the defendant was working as a confidential informant.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Arcángel Pretel Ortiz, an FBI informant who had helped recruit the squad of commandos, had learned of the constitutional obstacles after consulting with an Ecuadorian lawyer, José Antonio Corrales.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of informant
Noun
  • View this post on Instagram Because of the news of her divorce, the post trickled through the celebrity gossip outlets, and that coverage in turn propagated the post through Google search.
    — Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026
  • His son sees that as a kind of divine verdict on decades of gossip about the pair.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of gossip
Noun
  • One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
    — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of informer

Browse Nearby Words

circulations
circulator
circulators
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Circulator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circulator. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of fervid

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Exceptions of '-s' and '-es' Plurals

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

16 Food Words Recently Added to the Dictionary

The Real Origin of 'Supercalifragilistic'

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

7 Words for Bad Endings and Rough Situations

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?
See More

Popular

See More

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

16 Food Words Recently Added to the Dictionary

The Real Origin of 'Supercalifragilistic'
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
artwork of illustrated limes with the text limes and smile with an arrow connecting the two words
Quiz: Spot the Anagram! Scramble these words to find new words with the e...
See All