Definition for Informant:

• One who imparts information or instruction.

Synonyms for Informant:

• n.

  •
  • dog,
  • grass,
  • mole,
  • sneak.
  •
  • snitch,
  • tattler,
  • solicitor,
  • canvasser,
  • knowledge,
  • law,
  • tattletale,
  • inquirer.
  •person (noun)
  • informant.
  •rat (noun)
  • whistle-blowers,
  • whistle blowers,
  • deep throats,
  • backstabbers,
  • doublecrosser,
  • whistle blower,
  • whistleblowers,
  • double crosser.
  •snitch (noun)
  • narks,
  • nark,
  • narcs,
  • narc,
  • tipsters.
  •snitcher (noun)
  • crier,
  • notifier,
  • notifiers,
  • criers.
  •source (noun)
  • qualified person,
  • local resident,
  • native speaker,
  • interviewee,
  • subject,
  • native.
  •stool pigeon (noun)
  • rat finks,
  • de coy,
  • in formers,
  • de-coy,
  • police informers,
  • in-formers,
  • in-former,
  • de-coys,
  • de coys.
  •witness (noun)
  • witness.
  •witnesser (noun)
  • witnesser.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tipster,
  • bigmouth,
  • questioner,
  • suppliant,
  • supplicant,
  • telltale,
  • fink,
  • stoolie,
  • snitcher,
  • blabbermouth,
  • tattle-tale,
  • eyewitness.
  •
  • claimant,
  • informer,
  • inquisitor,
  • respondent.
  •betrayer
  • traitor.
  •prosecutor
  • accuser.

Paraphrases for Informant:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    informer.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rat.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    interviewees, presenters, Caregivers, referees, references, participants.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Capita, insider, interviewee, source, sources, referee, indicator, c.i., reporting, participant, participants, guarantor.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    intervenors, panellists, actors.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    whistleblower, snitch, mole, intervenor, reporter.

Hypernym for Informant:

• n.

  • person
    whistleblower, leaker, rat, squealer, blabber, betrayer, whistle-blower, whistle blower, passive source, informer.

Hyponym for Informant:

• n.

  • person
    communicator.