Synonyms for informant
ɪnˈfɔr məntin·for·mant

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1. informantnoun

   Synonyms:
   squealer, bigmouth, rat, stool pigeon, canary, snitch, grass, blabber, tattletale, narc, gossip, stoolie

2. informantnoun

   One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.

   Synonyms:
   blabber, squealer, stoolie, canary, stool pigeon, gossip, rat, grass, snitch, tattletale, bigmouth, narc

3. informantnoun

   One who provides information about their language.

   Synonyms:
   gossip, bigmouth, narc, grass, stool pigeon, blabber, stoolie, squealer, canary, tattletale, rat, snitch

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. informant, sourcenoun

   a person who supplies information

   Synonyms:
   origin, beginning, generator, witness, rootage, root, author, seed, reference, source, germ, witnesser, reservoir

2. witness, witnesser, informantnoun

   someone who sees an event and reports what happened

   Synonyms:
   attestant, watcher, attestator, spectator, viewer, source, attestor, witness, witnesser, looker

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1. • Perceiver
   • Speaker

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. exposer

   similar meaning !!!

   Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. informantnoun

   Synonyms:
   informer

2. informantnoun

   Synonyms:
   accuser, complainant

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "informant":

   informants, informer, whistle-blower, snitch, insider, respondents, whistleblower, mole, c.i.

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1. Kgalalelo Masibi:

   Security Services say that 95 percent of the time the informant is incorrect. But what if this falls under the 5 percent that is correct?

2. Elise Stefanik:

   Today, I stood up for Upstate NY families who tragically lost 20 people in the tragic Schoharie County limo crash that could have been avoided had the FBI not turned a blind eye to the criminal actions of the driver – an FBI informant – and his company's long history of negligence. It is part of Congress' job to conduct proper oversight of the FBI's activities, and I will not hesitate to compel all FBI documents regarding the tragic Schoharie County limo crash with a Congressional subpoena next year in a Republican Majority.

3. William Barr:

   Many people seem to assume that the only intelligence collection that occurred was a single confidential informant and a FISA warrant, i'd like to find out whether that is, in fact, true. It strikes me as a fairly anemic effort if that was the counterintelligence effort designed to stop the threat as it's being represented.

4. Jamil Jaffer:

   Was this a foreign agent or criminal who turned? Was this a private individual the FBI placed inside [the deal]? Was this a government employee? All these factors, plus the level of the informant’s access to relevant information, will make a big difference here.

5. Noor Salman:

   Salman's defense attorneys argued those statements weren't accurate. On March 20, the mother of Mateen's friend, known only by the nickname Nemo, testified in court. She discussed the pair's relationship, and told the court her son was working that night in Washington, D.C., and had not been with Seddique Mateen. Jurors got a deeper look into Mateen's past on March 21 as they searched through Seddique Mateen browser history, which includedISIS propaganda and beheading videos. They also flipped through photos taken inside Seddique Mateen Florida home. Final text messages between the couple were then read aloud in court. Noor Salman texted Seddique Mateen twice during Seddique Mateen hours-long standoff with police, asking, Where are you ? Seddique Mateen responded, You heard what happened. ???? Noor Salman replied. What happened ?! Noor Salman texted. I love you babe, Seddique Mateen wrote in Seddique Mateen last text message at 4:29 a.m. Habibi what happened ?! Noor Salman wrote, using an Arabic term of endearment. Your mom said that she said to come over and you never did. On March 22, jurors watched security footage of Noor Salman standing by Noor Salman husband's side -- with their young son close by -- as Seddique Mateen bought ammunition at Walmart. I knew Seddique Mateen was preparing for Jihad when Seddique Mateen bought the rifle, was going to the range to shoot, was spending a lot of money and bought the ammunition, i saw these things as a green light for Seddique Mateen to do an act of violence. On March 24, lawyers revealed that Mateen's dad was a secret FBI informant for more than a decade -- a revelation that led to immediate calls by the defense for a mistrial. Seddique Mateen was a FBI confidential human source at various points in time between January 2005 and June 2016.