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. Ron Johnson:

   It is concerning that when I wrote to the FBI and Department of Justice, they never told me about the fact that they had some FBI asset, whether it was an agent or informant, tailing Soofi and Simpson, why didn’t they intervene? As a member of the Senate oversight committee, I think these agencies should be honest when we actually ask them the questions. But it begs the question, what was the FBI doing in Garland, and why wasn’t the agency direct with me when we first started writing letters about this back in 2015?

2. Ron Johnson:

   That secret society -- we have an informant that's talking about a group that were holding secret meetings offsite.

3. Andrew McCarthy:

   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 !

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. 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.