Synonyms of tattler

tattler

noun

ˈtat-lər 

as in informant

a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing

as the office's resident tattler, she can be counted on to report any unauthorized use of the photocopiers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• informant
• informer
• canary
• tattletale
• rat
• reporter
• snitch
• betrayer
• squealer
• stoolie
• snitcher
• nark
• stool pigeon
• talebearer
• telltale
• fink
• spy
• deep throat
• rat fink
• gossiper
• blabbermouth
• snoop
• tipster
• discloser
• leaker
• gossip
• snooper
• notifier
• whistleblower
• blabber
• exposer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tattler

Wandering tattlers, the ruddy turnstone and a variety of other summer migrants will be found on our local beaches. — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2025

Tattling to the Bachelor doesn’t always go well for the tattler. — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025

Mortimer Zuckerman, the owner, hired him to replace a British editor who had turned it from a brash, tough-guy paper into a tattler of celebrity gossip and supermarket tabloid stunts. — Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2020

Being a tattler or someone who is too focused on the drama rarely works out, largely because those dudes are more focused on screen time than the lead. — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019

There are social repercussions for kids who develop a reputation as tattlers: they get left out. — K. Lori Hanson Ph.d., miamiherald, 8 Mar. 2018

Dwight and Eugene remain at an ideological impasse, but Eugene is too busy waffling between his morality and his desire to stay alive to actually pick a side—and for reasons unknown, Dwight hasn’t found a way to simply ax the potential tattler. — Laura Bradley, HWD, 3 Dec. 2017