Informant

English

Noun

Informant (plural Informants)

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

Synonyms

• (one who relays confidential information): blabber, gossip, narc, stool pigeon, tattletale, rat, canary, snitch, stoolie, squealer, grass, bigmouth
• See also Thesaurus:informant

Thesaurus

adviser, announcer, annunciator, attestant, attestator, attester, authority, bystander, channel, cojuror, communicant, communicator, compurgator, deponent, earwitness, enlightener, examinant, examinate, examinee, expert witness, eyewitness, gossipmonger, grapevine, information center, information medium, informer, interviewee, monitor, mouthpiece, newsmonger, notifier, passerby, press, public relations officer, publisher, questionee, quizzee, radio, reporter, source, spectator, spokesman, subject, swearer, television, teller, testifier, tipster, tout, voucher, witness

Translations

one who relays confidential information

Czech: informátor (cs) m. German: Informant (de) m. Greek: πληροφοριοδότης (el) (pliroforiodótis) m.

Italian: delatore (it), informatore (it), spia (it) Kurdish: ئاگادار (ku) (agadar)

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French

Verb

informant

1. Present participle of informer.

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Latin

Verb

īnfōrmant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of īnfōrmō