INFORMANT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who supplies information

Synonyms:

informant; source

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("informant" is a kind of...):

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "informant"):

betrayer; blabber; informer; rat; squealer (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)

Derivation:

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who sees an event and reports what happened

Synonyms:

informant; witness; witnesser

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("informant" is a kind of...):

beholder; observer; perceiver; percipient (a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses)

speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "informant"):

attestant; attester (someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something)

deponent; deposer; testifier (a person who testifies or gives a deposition)