Synonyms of intelligencer

intelligencer

noun

1

as in reporter

a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news

the student journalist asked questions as probing as those of a seasoned intelligencer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reporter
• correspondent
• journalist
• columnist
• announcer
• newsman
• newsperson
• broadcaster
• pressman
• commentator
• newshound
• newscaster
• newspaperman
• newspaperwoman
• editor
• anchorman
• newswoman
• anchorwoman
• copyreader
• anchorperson
• muckraker
• anchor
• sportswriter
• staffer
• photojournalist
• stringer
• police reporter
• byliner

2

as in spy

a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country

as the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spy
• agent
• operative
• emissary
• mole
• informer
• undercover agent
• secret agent
• undercover
• asset
• spook
• courier
• sleeper
• counterspy
• double agent
• spymaster
• stool pigeon
• infiltrator
• superspy