informer

Meaning

  1. One who informs someone else about something.
  2. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
  3. One who informs, animates, or inspires.

Synonyms

informant
C1
squealer
41k
betrayer
21k
stool pigeon
snitch
C1
whistle-blower
40k
spy
B2
telltale
31k
fink
C2
snitcher
grass
B2
denunciator
talebearer
canary
C2
blabber
32k
accuser
36k
nark
notifier
rat
B1
🐀
source
B1
stag
C2
🦌
tattletale
39k
traitor
B2
turncoat
38k
delator
sneak
B2
fizgig
espionage
C2
snoop
C2
advertiser
split
B1
discoverer
spying
C1
squeaker
denouncer
whistleblower
45k
stooge
25k
stoolie

stoolpigeon

busybody
31k

stool-pigeon

supergrass
approver
tattler

secret tale-bearer

announcer
B1
whistle blower
gunsel
witness
B1
intelligence
B1
Translations

informatore
informateur
Denunziant
delatore
Spitzel
Informant
mouchard

καταδότης

delator
spia
delator
dénonciateur
sicofante
Verräter
Frequency

C2
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English enformour, from Anglo-Norman enfourmour; equivalent to inform + -er.

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