Synonyms of whistleblower

whistleblower

noun

variants or whistle-blower

as in reporter

a person who provides information about wrongdoing (as of an employer)

There are laws to protect whistleblowers who reveal govermental malfeasance.

Related Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whistleblower

Employees on Capitol Hill do not have a traditional human resources department, lawmakers exercise near-total control over their offices, and congressional employees are not covered by the same whistleblower protections that shield many executive branch workers. —Nik Popli, Time, 11 May 2026

In January 2025, former Bayfront Park Management Trust Executive Director Jose Suarez, along with the agency’s former finance director, filed the whistleblower complaint against Carollo, who served as chairman of the agency for several years. —Tess Riski may 7, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026

This risk of retaliation would reduce the instances of whistleblowers coming forward. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026

Definitively identifying seeding trials requires access to internal sponsor documents revealing the intent of the study, and those documents surface only through litigation or whistleblowers. —Sukhun Kang, The Conversation, 6 May 2026