informant

in·for·mant

I0134000 (ĭn-fôr′mənt)n.1. a. One that gives information.b. One who informs against others; an informer.2. One who furnishes linguistic or cultural information to a researcher.

informant

(ɪnˈfɔːmənt) na person who gives information about a thing, a subject being studied, etc

in•form•ant

(ɪnˈfɔr mənt)

n. 1. a person who informs or gives information; informer. 2. a person who supplies social or cultural data in answer to the questions of an investigator. 3. a native speaker of a language who supplies utterances or other data for one analyzing or learning the language. [1655–65; < Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	informant - a person who supplies information sourcecommunicator - a person who communicates with othersbetrayer, blabber, informer, squealer, rat - one who reveals confidential information in return for moneyleaker - 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 haswhistle blower, whistleblower, whistle-blower - an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
	2.	informant - someone who sees an event and reports what happenedwitness, witnesserbeholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the sensesattester, attestant - someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of somethingspeaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, 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"deponent, deposer, testifier - a person who testifies or gives a deposition

informant

nounOne who gives incriminating information about others:informer, tattler, tattletale.Informal: rat, tipster.Slang: fink, snitch, snitcher, squealer, stoolie, stool pigeon.

Translations

密告者提供消息的人

inform

(inˈfoːm) verb1. to tell; to give knowledge to. Please inform me of your intentions in this matter; I was informed that you were absent from the office. 告知 告诉2. (with against or on) to tell facts to eg the police about (a criminal etc). He informed against his fellow thieves. 告發 告发inˈformant noun someone who tells or informs. He passed on the news to us, but would not say who his informant had been. 線民，告密者 提供消息的人，密告者 ˌinforˈmation noun facts told or knowledge gained or given. Can you give me any information about this writer?; the latest information on the progress of the war; He is full of interesting bits of information. 訊息，資訊 信息，情报，资料 inˈformative (-mətiv) adjective giving useful information. an informative book. 提供訊息的 提供信息的inˈformer noun a person who informs against a criminal etc. 線民者 告密者ˌinformation ˌsuperˈhighway noun a fast computer channel through which information, pictures etc are sent from one computer to another. 資訊高速公路 信息高速公路inforˈmation techˌnology noun the study and use of electronic systems and computers for storing, analysing and utilizing information. 資訊科技 信息技术information does not have a plural: some information ; any information .