Informant Synonyms

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Synonyms for Informant

informer
One who, privy to the commission of a crime, confidentially communicates with the police or other governmental entity about it.
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snitch
An informer
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qualified person
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nark
An informer, especially a police informer.
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rat
Any of numerous long-tailed rodents of various families (esp. Muridae and Cricetidae) resembling, but larger than, the mouse: rats are very destructive pests and carriers of highly contagious diseases, as bubonic plague and typhus
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native
An original or indigenous inhabitant of a region, as distinguished from an invader, explorer, colonist, etc.
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source
A person or thing from which something comes into being or is derived or obtained:
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adviser
One who advises.
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tattletale
An informer or talebearer
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snitcher
One who gives incriminating information about others
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stoolie
(Slang) A stool pigeon.
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witness
The definition of a witness is a person who has seen an event or who testifies about what he has seen.
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tipster
A person who gives a tip, as to the police
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tattler
A person who tattles; gossip or informer
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fink
(Chiefly US, slang) Someone who betrays a trust.
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squealer
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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stool pigeon
A pigeon used as a decoy.
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sneak
A cheat; a con artist; a trickster
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questionee
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canary
A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
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subject
A citizen in a monarchy.
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native-speaker
A person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue.
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local resident
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witnesser
One who witnesses.
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Words Related to Informant

law
The branch of knowledge dealing with such rules; jurisprudence
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knowledge
The state or fact of knowing:
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  • In receiving this kind of evidence, then, we need to know the character of our informant, his means of communicating with the heathen, his power of testing evidence, and his good faith.

  • They know about " men who brought the sun," but their doctrines are revealed in mysteries, and Qing, the informant of Mr Orpen (Cape Monthly Magazine, July 1874), " did not dance that dance " - that is, had not been initiated into all the secret doctrines of his tribe.

  • Yes If the informant played chanter or sang should that be noted?

  • Some of the details given by Procopius, in regard for instance to the treatment of infants, show that his informant was acquainted with certain characteristic customs of the Lapps.

  • When with due circumspection Napoleon was informed that Moscow was empty, he looked angrily at his informant, turned away, and silently continued to walk to and fro.

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