Synonyms of informants

informants

noun

plural of informant

as in informers

a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing

the FBI is working closely with informants to find out about the subversive group

Synonyms & Similar Words

• informers
• canaries
• rats
• collaborators
• spies
• snitches
• betrayers
• stoolies
• tattlers
• squealers
• tattletales
• narks
• stool pigeons
• finks
• snitchers
• telltales
• deep throats
• rat finks
• whistleblowers
• talebearers
• snoops
• gossips
• gossipers
• blabbermouths
• leakers
• snoopers
• blabbers
• notifiers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of informants

Cseh, the archive's director, said successor governments to dictatorships rarely disclose the names of previous agents and informants, let alone records as detailed as those Hungary is preparing to release. — Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Of the plants, the informants identified eight that sick elephants appear to target for a specific therapeutic purpose, or what the study suggests is the strongest evidence of intentional self-medication. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026

Authorities said they were tipped off by informants who gave evidence to prosecutors in exchange for protection. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

Information for the charges came from multiple sources, including citizen informants, who had observed Wolff hunting on their property, observations made by wardens while on patrol, and surveillance. — David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

Of course, the agency must protect confidential information, including the identities of informants, but the path of its decision-making should be made clear. — Charity Ryerson, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026

Sources include defectors, informants and individuals who remain embedded within movements while passing information to outsiders. — Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026

Remember those jailhouse informants who claimed Kezer had confessed? — Peter Henderson, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

Detectives relied on confidential informants to bust the operation – an informant who purchased drugs from Robinson blew the operation open. — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026