Informer

Noun

 * 1) someone who informs someone else about something
 * 2) specifically an insider who notifies the authorities about illegal activity

Synonyms

 * informant
 * See also Thesaurus:informant

Thesaurus
Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Quisling, accusant, accuser, adviser, allegator, announcer, annunciator, appellant, archtraitor, attestant, attestator, attester, authority, betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, bystander, canary, channel, claimant, cockatrice, cojuror, communicant, communicator, complainant, compurgator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, delator, deponent, double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, earwitness, enlightener, expert witness, eyewitness, fink, gossipmonger, grapevine, grass, impeacher, impugner, indictor, informant, information center, information medium, interviewee, intrigant, intriguer, libelant, machinator, monitor, mouthpiece, narc, nark, newsmonger, notifier, party, passerby, peacher, petitioner, plaintiff, plotter, press, prosecutor, public relations officer, publisher, quisling, radio, rat, reporter, schemer, serpent, snake, snitch, snitcher, source, spectator, spokesman, spy, squealer, stool, stool pigeon, stoolie, suitor, swearer, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, television, teller, telltale, testifier, the prosecution, timeserver, tipster, tout, traitor, treasonist, trimmer, turncoat, voucher, weasel, whistle-blower, witness

Translations

 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: מלשין


 * Kurdish: ئاگادار
 * Polish:

Anagrams

 * reniform

Verb
informer


 * 1) to inform
 * Il m'a informé de la situation presente.
 * He informed me of the present situation.
 * 1) to enlighten
 * 2) to impart knowledge (upon)