ru·moured in AM, use rumored If something is rumoured to be the case, people are suggesting that it is the case, but they do not know for certain. Her parents are rumoured to be on the verge of splitting up It was rumoured that he had been interned in an asylum for a while. be rumoured if something is rumoured to be true, people are saying secretly or unofficially that it may be true alleged it is rumoured that