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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native
An original or indigenous inhabitant of a region, as distinguished from an invader, explorer, colonist, etc.
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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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stoolie
(Slang) A stool pigeon.
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tipster
A person who gives a tip, as to the police
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canary
A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
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fink
(Chiefly US, slang) Someone who betrays a trust.
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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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sneak
A cheat; a con artist; a trickster
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snitch
An informer
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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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snitcher
One who gives incriminating information about others
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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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witnesser
One who witnesses.
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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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Informant Sentence Examples

  • corrupting heresy to " Jude the brother of James " will still be incompatible with the statements of Hegesippus, our only informant regarding his later history.

  • 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.

  • If Lisa was involved with both Spencer and Mertz, maybe she was an informant for Spenser.

  • The diplomatist has therefore lost one of his chief functions as an informant of the accrediting government.

  • But from whomsoever the expression proceeds - whether from Papias, or his informant, or "the elder"- we may feel sure that considerations such as appeal to us from our training in historical criticism are not those which suggested it, but rather the want of agreement between this Gospel and some standard which on altogether different grounds was applied to it.

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