Informant synonyms

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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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qualified person
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source
A person or thing from which something comes into being or is derived or obtained:
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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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nark
An informer, especially a police informer.
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snitch
An informer
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snitcher
One who gives incriminating information about others
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canary
A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
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stoolie
(Slang) A stool pigeon.
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tipster
A person who gives a tip, as to the police
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fink
(Chiefly US, slang) Someone who betrays a trust.
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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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sneak
A cheat; a con artist; a trickster
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tattletale
An informer or talebearer
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tattler
A person who tattles; gossip or informer
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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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knowledge (related)
The state or fact of knowing:
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law (related)
The branch of knowledge dealing with such rules; jurisprudence
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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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questionee
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interviewee (related)
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respondent (related)
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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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adviser
One who advises.
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witnesser
One who witnesses.
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Informant Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • 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.

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