Informant

//ɪnˈfɔɹmənt//

Synonyms for "informant" (107 found)

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Translations

64 translations across 31 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • συκοφάντης noun (one who relays confidential information)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مُخْبِر noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • مُخْبِرة noun (one who relays confidential information)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • інфарма́тар noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • інфарма́тарка noun (one who relays confidential information)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • доно́сник noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • доно́сница noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • доно́сничка noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • информа́тор noun (one who relays confidential information)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ئاگادار noun (one who relays confidential information)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 告密者 noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • 提供消息的人 noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • 檢舉人 /检举人 noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • 線人 /线人 noun (one who relays confidential information)

Czech

2 entries
  • informátor noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • informátorka noun (one who relays confidential information)

Danish

1 entries
  • informant noun (one who relays confidential information)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • informanto noun (one who relays confidential information)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ilmiantaja noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • informantti noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • informantti noun (lingustics: native speaker who acts as a reference)
  • kielenopas noun (lingustics: native speaker who acts as a reference)

French

2 entries
  • informateur noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • informatrice noun (one who relays confidential information)

German

2 entries
  • Informant noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • Informantin noun (one who relays confidential information)

Greek

1 entries
  • πληροφοριοδότης noun (one who relays confidential information)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • רֶגֶל noun (one who relays confidential information)

Hindi

1 entries
  • गुप्तचर noun (one who relays confidential information)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • adatközlő noun (lingustics: native speaker who acts as a reference)
  • adatszolgáltató noun (lingustics: native speaker who acts as a reference)
  • besúgó noun (one who relays confidential information)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • informan noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • narasumber noun (one who relays confidential information)

Italian

3 entries
  • delatore noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • informatore noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • spia noun (one who relays confidential information)

Japanese

2 entries
  • インフォーマント noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • 情報提供者 noun (one who relays confidential information)

Latin

1 entries
  • dēlātor noun (one who relays confidential information)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • доушник noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • кодош noun (one who relays confidential information)

Māori

2 entries
  • kaiwhakaatu noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • kaiwhāki noun (one who relays confidential information)

Old English

1 entries
  • melda noun (one who relays confidential information)

Polish

2 entries
  • informator noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • informatorka noun (one who relays confidential information)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • delator noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • informante noun (one who relays confidential information)

Romanian

2 entries
  • informatoare noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • informator noun (one who relays confidential information)

Russian

3 entries
  • информа́тор noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • осведоми́тель noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • осведоми́тельница noun (one who relays confidential information)

Slovak

2 entries
  • informátor noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • informátorka noun (one who relays confidential information)

Spanish

1 entries
  • informante noun (one who relays confidential information)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • impormante noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • tagahimaton noun (one who relays confidential information)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • інформа́тор noun (one who relays confidential information)
  • інформа́торка noun (one who relays confidential information)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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I cannot disclose any information about the informant.

Source: tatoeba (663724)

Tom is an informant for the FBI.

Source: tatoeba (4540614)

Tom is an FBI informant.

Source: tatoeba (5292720)

The police got a tip from an informant.

Source: tatoeba (5907388)

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