'Informant' definitions:
Definition of 'informant'
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Definition of 'Informant'
From: GCIDE
- Informant \In*form"ant\, n. [L. informans, -antis, p. pr. of informare. See Inform, v. t.]
- 1. One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies. [Obs.] --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who imparts information or instruction. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]
- It was the last evidence of the kind; the informant was hanged. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'informant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adviser,
- announcer,
- annunciator,
- attestant,
- attestator,
- attester,
- authority,
- bystander,
- channel,
- cojuror,
- communicant,
- communicator,
- compurgator,
- deponent,
- earwitness,
- enlightener,
- examinant,
- examinate,
- examinee,
- expert witness,
- eyewitness,
- gossipmonger,
- grapevine,
- information center,
- information medium,
- informer,
- interviewee,
- monitor,
- mouthpiece,
- newsmonger,
- notifier,
- passerby,
- press,
- public relations officer,
- publisher,
- questionee,
- quizzee,
- radio,
- reporter,
- source,
- spectator,
- spokesman,
- subject,
- swearer,
- television,
- teller,
- testifier,
- tipster,
- tout,
- voucher,
- witness
Words containing 'Informant'
- Inform,
- Informal,
- Informalities,
- Informality,
- Informally,
- Information,
- Informative,
- Informed,
- Informer,
- Informing,
- Informity,
- Informous,
- To inform against,
- inform on,
- informational,
- informatively,
- informed of,
- Common informer,
- Informed stars,
- To lodge an information,
- confidential information,
- information age,
- information bulletin,
- information content,
- information gathering,
- information measure,
- information processing,
- information return,
- information science,
- information superhighway,
- information system,
- information technology,
- information theory,
- information warfare,
- informational rna,
- informed consent,
- informer's privilege,
- inside information,
- insider information,
- intelligence information,
- selective information,
- Well-informed,
- electronic information service,
- information processing system,
- defense information systems agency,
- defense technical information center,
- national technical information service,
- american standard code for information interchange