Synonyms of telltales

telltales

noun

plural of telltale

1

as in gossipers

a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others

the media's professional telltales have basically decided that today's celebrities have no right to privacy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gossipers
• informants
• gossips
• informers
• circulators
• yentas
• newsmongers
• tattlers
• gossipmongers
• tattletales
• squealers
• tale-tellers
• quidnuncs
• blabbermouths
• snitchers
• stool pigeons
• talebearers
• libelers
• scandalmongers
• betrayers

2

as in informants

a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing

the department telltale told the boss that his coworkers were taking extra long breaks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• informants
• informers
• canaries
• tattlers
• tattletales
• squealers
• spies
• narks
• stoolies
• snitches
• rats
• betrayers
• snitchers
• stool pigeons
• collaborators
• deep throats
• talebearers
• whistle-blowers
• finks
• rat finks
• gossipers
• blabbermouths
• gossips
• blabbers
• snoops
• leakers
• notifiers
• snoopers