| NOUN | person | informant, source | a person who supplies information |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | informant, witness, witnesser | someone who sees an event and reports what happened |
| Sounds | ihnfao'rmahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | A person who supplies information. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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