Definition of informants Informants
/ɪnfɔˈɹmʌnts/ - [informunts] -
We found 3 definitions of informants from 2 different sources.
Advertising
What does informants mean?
Wiktionary 
- informants (Noun)
Plural of informant.
Part of speech
🔤- informants, noun, plural of informant.
WordNet
NounPlural: informants |
||
| informant - a person who supplies information | ||
| source | ||
| communicator a person who communicates with others | ||
| blabber, informer, betrayer, squealer, rat one who reveals confidential information in return for money | ||
| leaker a surreptitious informant; "the president wanted to know who the leakers were" | ||
| passive source an informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has | ||
| informant - someone who sees an event and reports what happened | ||
| witness, witnesser | ||
| beholder, perceiver, percipient, observer a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses | ||
| talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, speaker, utterer someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" | ||
| attester, attestant someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary
- informant (Noun)
One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer. - informant (Noun)
One who provides information about their language.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- informant (v. t.)
One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies. - informant (v. t.)
One who imparts information or instruction. - informant (v. t.)
One who offers an accusation; an informer. See Informer.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
-
informant
A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
-
informant
In case a civil person is the complainant, he becomes the principal witness before a court-martial, and after giving his evidence may remain in court, in order that the judge-advocate may refer to him.
Part of speech
🔤- informant, noun, singular of informants.
