Synonyms of tattletale

tattletale

noun

ˈta-tᵊl-ˌtāl 

as in informant

a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing

don't be such a tattletale and tell me about every little thing your sister does

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tattletale

That kid has tattletale energy. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026

People who come forward are called narcs, tattletales and snitches. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2026

Years later, their youngest daughter, Hannah Burch – now 24 and a mother herself – shared a viral TikTok video reflecting on the unique ways she and her siblings were raised — from rules around being a tattletale to monthly family yardwork and chore expectations. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025

Unfortunately, The Croat, being a complete and total tattletale, blabbed to The Dama that Negan had hesitated. — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 11 May 2025

Upsides And Downsides Are At Stake Generative AI can readily be shaped as a tattletale or snitch by an AI maker. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025

The two of them, as though after a party, would have stood at the sink cleaning dishes and wondering which among the attendees was the traitor, the tattletale. — Hazlitt, 26 July 2023

We’re basically guaranteed to see that thing where one person tells Zach that another person is there for the wrong reasons, but then the tattletale winds up consumed by their own vendetta and self-sabotages. — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2023

One errant tweet, one mistimed joke, one honest opinion overheard by an oversensitive busybody with the shrunken soul of a schoolyard tattletale, and a person’s job can be lost and his reputation destroyed. — James E. Person Jr., National Review, 17 Sep. 2020