: orally communicated
also
: generated from or reliant on oral publicity
word-of-mouth customers
a word-of-mouth business
: oral communication
especially
: oral often inadvertent publicity
Examples of word-of-mouth in a Sentence
Adjective
not having the money to run ads, the restaurant relies on word-of-mouth publicity
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 May 2026
Network, mix, and mingle as much as possible in your local community to leverage the power of word-of-mouth.
—Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Buet pointed to intergenerational word of mouth as a key driver.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026
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Adjective
And a sign of exceptionally strong word-of-mouth.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 May 2026
Network, mix, and mingle as much as possible in your local community to leverage the power of word-of-mouth.
—Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Noun phrase
The consensus among industry analysts is that organic word of mouth drove the film’s growth.
—Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Buet pointed to intergenerational word of mouth as a key driver.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026
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“Word-of-mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/word-of-mouth. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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