collaborators

noun

plural of collaborator
as in informants

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborators
  1. informants
  2. informers
  3. accomplices
  4. partners
  5. cohorts
  6. confederates
Noun
  • The informants allegedly met with Bowie on Wednesday and provided her with an inert explosive device and an inert handgun along with instructions on how to detonate the explosive, the complaint said.
    — Jack Date, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Prosecutors allege that the SPLC secretly paid members of those groups to act as confidential informants without telling donors.
    — Art Jipson, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of informants
Noun
  • One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
    — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of informers
Noun
  • Investigators alleged that Christian recruited multiple accomplices between 2020 and 2024.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Inside the luxury car were Berezovska’s two alleged accomplices – Vladyslav Reut and Vitaliy Zhykovych.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplices
Noun
  • The shortfall is particularly serious because the United States and European partners are struggling to expand production.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Our actions have resulted in Iran attacking our partners in the region.
    — Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of partners
Noun
  • The report spans 2,000 nationally representative millennials, divided into three equally sized cohorts — elder, core and younger — with comparison samples of 500 Gen X and 500 Baby Boomers.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Diverse student cohorts should be co-designing tomorrow’s educational tools, AI ethics councils, and the transparent policies that determine whether data collection serves surveillance or care.
    — Ann Kirschner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cohorts
Noun
  • Judge Nelson’s concerns are unfounded, as Kalshi and its confederates—Robinhood, Coinbase, and the CFTC—are not relying solely on the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act update to substantiate their claim that the CEA empowers the CFTC to regulate betting on the outcomes of sporting events.
    — Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Hynes died, but his three confederates have been subpoenaed to testify in my malicious prosecution lawsuit.
    — John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of confederates
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“Collaborators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborators. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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