Informer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An informant, especially one who informs against others, often for compensation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who informs someone else about something.
  • n. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who informs, animates, or inspires.
  • n. One who informs, or imparts knowledge or news.
  • n. One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who informs or animates.
  • n. One who imparts intelligence or gives information; an informant.
  • n. In law, one who communicates to a magistrate a knowledge of a violation of law; a person who lays an information against or prosecutes in the courts one who offends against the law or any penal statute.
  • n. Hence One who makes a business of informing against others; a mischief-maker.
  • n. Synonyms Informant, Informer. See informant.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. one who reveals confidential information in return for money
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    source    informant   
    Hyponym
    Fink    grass    sneaker    supergrass    nark    stool pigeon    canary    snitcher    stoolie    sneak   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    informant   
    Rhyme
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    dormer    former    performer    reformer    stormer    transformer    warmer   
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