Thesaurus:informant
English
Synonyms
- abaddon (archaic)
- accuser
- beefer
- bewrayer
- bigmouth
- blabber
- blabtale (obsolete)
- blabtongue (obsolete)
- canary
- CI
- finger [⇒ thesaurus] (US, rare slang)
- fink (slang)
- fizgig (Australia)
- gossip [⇒ thesaurus]
- grass [⇒ thesaurus] (chiefly UK)
- informant
- informer
- jurat
- leak
- mole
- narc
- nark
- nonce (UK, slang)
- outer
- peacher
- quisling
- rat (slang)
- ratfink (slang)
- rooster (obsolete slang)
- sneak [⇒ thesaurus]
- snitch (slang)
- snout (UK)
- squealer
- squealer
- state's evidence
- stooge
- stool pigeon
- stoolie
- supergrass (UK)
- sycophant [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
- tattler
- tattletale (usually juvenile)
- telltale tit (juvenile)
- telltale
- tout (chiefly Ireland)
- whistleblower
Hypernyms
See also
Further reading
- “529. disclosure” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “informant” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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