NOUN | person | informant, source | a person who supplies information |
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person | informant, witness, witnesser | someone who sees an event and reports what happened |
Sounds | ihnfao'rmahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | A person who supplies information. | |
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Synonym | source | |
Narrower | informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber | One who reveals confidential information in return for money |
leaker | A surreptitious informant | |
passive source | An informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has | |
whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower | An informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it | |
Broader | communicator | A person who communicates with others |
Spanish | fuente, informador, informante | |
Catalan | font, informador, informant | |
Verbs | inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
Meaning | someone who sees an event and reports what happened. | |
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Synonyms | witness, witnesser | |
Narrower | attester, attestant | someone who affirms or vouches / vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something |
testifier, deponent, deposer | A person who testifies or gives a deposition | |
Broader | perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder | A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses |
speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser | someone who expresses in language | |
Spanish | informante, testigo | |
Catalan | informant, testimoni | |
Verbs | inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
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