Synonyms of tattler

tattler

noun

ˈtat-lər 

as in informant

a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing

as the office's resident tattler, she can be counted on to report any unauthorized use of the photocopiers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• informant
• informer
• canary
• tattletale
• rat
• reporter
• snitch
• betrayer
• squealer
• stoolie
• snitcher
• nark
• stool pigeon
• talebearer
• telltale
• fink
• spy
• deep throat
• rat fink
• gossiper
• blabbermouth
• snoop
• tipster
• discloser
• leaker
• gossip
• snooper
• notifier
• whistleblower
• blabber
• exposer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tattler

Tattling to the Bachelor doesn’t always go well for the tattler. — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025

Mortimer Zuckerman, the owner, hired him to replace a British editor who had turned it from a brash, tough-guy paper into a tattler of celebrity gossip and supermarket tabloid stunts. — Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2020

Being a tattler or someone who is too focused on the drama rarely works out, largely because those dudes are more focused on screen time than the lead. — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019

Dwight and Eugene remain at an ideological impasse, but Eugene is too busy waffling between his morality and his desire to stay alive to actually pick a side—and for reasons unknown, Dwight hasn’t found a way to simply ax the potential tattler. — Laura Bradley, HWD, 3 Dec. 2017