What is another word for informant?
Synonyms for informant
ɪnˈfɔr məntin·for·mant
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Wiktionary
informantnoun
Synonyms:
squealer, bigmouth, rat, stool pigeon, canary, snitch, grass, blabber, tattletale, narc, gossip, stoolieinformantnoun
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, narcinformantnoun
One who provides information about their language.
Synonyms:
gossip, bigmouth, narc, grass, stool pigeon, blabber, stoolie, squealer, canary, tattletale, rat, snitch
Princeton's WordNet
informant, sourcenoun
a person who supplies information
Synonyms:
origin, beginning, generator, witness, rootage, root, author, seed, reference, source, germ, witnesser, reservoirwitness, witnesser, informantnoun
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
Synonyms:
attestant, watcher, attestator, spectator, viewer, source, attestor, witness, witnesser, looker
Editors Contribution
exposer
similar meaning !!!
Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
informantnoun
Synonyms:
informerinformantnoun
Synonyms:
accuser, complainant
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "informant":
informants, informer, whistle-blower, snitch, insider, respondents, whistleblower, mole, c.i.
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#419 | source | |
#420 | author | |
#666 | reference | |
#1674 | beginning | |
#1955 | root | |
#2518 | origin | |
#4013 | seed | |
#4997 | insider | |
#5062 | generator | |
#5118 | grass | |
#5193 | witness | |
#5910 | rat | |
#6252 | viewer | |
#6390 | respondents | |
#9152 | gossip | |
#9402 | reservoir | |
#14920 | canary | |
#16328 | mole | |
#16418 | spectator | |
#20206 | germ | |
#21280 | watcher | |
#29788 | informant | |
#38007 | informer | |
#38910 | informants | |
#40960 | whistleblower | |
#61869 | snitch | |
#62621 | narc | |
#70215 | looker | |
#98647 | blabber | |
#172796 | bigmouth | |
#174304 | squealer | |
#208474 | tattletale |
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That secret society -- we have an informant that's talking about a group that were holding secret meetings offsite.
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.
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?
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.
Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI' SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN EMBEDDED INFORMANT.' Andrew McCarthy says,' There's probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign.' If so, this is bigger than Watergate !
Translations for informant
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- مخبرArabic
- informátorCzech
- informantDanish
- Informantin, InformantGerman
- πληροφοριοδότηςGreek
- informaattoriFinnish
- informateur, informatriceFrench
- spia, informatore, delatoreItalian
- 情報提供者, インフォーマントJapanese
- ئاگادارKurdish
- informatorPolish
- informante, delatorPortuguese
- осведомитель, информатор, осведомительницаRussian
- người cung cấp thông tinVietnamese
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