as in informer
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the FBI is working closely with informants to find out about the subversive group
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of informant
Hobart Police Detective Wendell Hite wrote that police dropped off a criminal informant outside the mall to buy drugs from Larkin in a black Lincoln in the parking lot.
—
Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
However, instead of acting as an informant, Larry reportedly was trying to cover his own involvement in the same scheme.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
One of the records cites an unnamed confidential informant linking Rodríguez to hotels in Margarita Island that are allegedly used as a front to launder money.
—Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors argued that even if the informant’s statements were stripped entirely from the warrant applications, the remaining evidence still established probable cause.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for informant
Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
However, instead of acting as an informant, Larry reportedly was trying to cover his own involvement in the same scheme.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
One of the records cites an unnamed confidential informant linking Rodríguez to hotels in Margarita Island that are allegedly used as a front to launder money.
—Jim Mustian, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors argued that even if the informant’s statements were stripped entirely from the warrant applications, the remaining evidence still established probable cause.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for informant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for informant
informer
Noun
-
Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
-
Option 2: If one prisoner informs while the other stays silent, the informer will go free while the silent one receives the harshest sentence.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Informant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/informant. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
