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Informant meaning

  1. One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.
  2. A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.

Synonyms of Informant

source verbalizer utterer talker speaker beholder observer percipient perceiver witnesser witness communicator verbaliser

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Other words often associated with Informant or its synonyms:

mortal individual articulator somebody person soul someone beginning publication cheater watcher clear

Using Informant

  • The main meaning on this page is: One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer. | A native speaker who acts as a linguistic reference for a language being studied. The informant demonstrates native pronunciation, provides grammaticality judgments regarding linguistic well-formedness, and may also explain cultural references and other important contextual information.
  • Useful related words include: source, verbalizer, utterer, talker.
  • In the example corpus, informant often appears in combinations such as: an informant, the informant, fbi informant.

Context around Informant

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fbi 2× confidential 2× bandit 1× spy 1× protected 1× anonymous 1×

Often after:

first 1× set 1× held 1× remains 1× staking 1× himself 1× yet 1× attempted 1× dan 1× gives 1×

Sentence patterns with Informant

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

of the informant or writer 2× a confidential informant set up 1× a protected informant 1× an anonymous informant for the 1× an fbi informant 1× and fbi informant dan chappel 1× and spy informant staking it 1× and the informant is one 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a 35 year 1× after the charges 1× an anonymous call 1× and the informant 1× anybody with any 1× at a spurs 1×

Common sentence endings:

a jilted ex 1× about his success 1× according to evidence 1× an fbi informant 1× and compiling errors 1× heard by informant 1×

Words around Informant

Just before it in the word index:

informally 292 informality 20 informalisation 2 informal 1.256 informa 13 inform 1.502

Just after it in the word index:

informants 104 informatica 6 informatics 39 information 28.857 informational 171 informations 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

adept 260 adolescents 260 barca 260 bedrock 260 biopic 260 boro 260

Corpus analysis for Informant

  • In this selection, "informant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fbi, confidential, bandit, first, set and held stand out and add context to how "informant" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include of the informant or writer and a confidential informant set up. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "informant" sits close to words such as adept, adolescents and barca, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with informant

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Murphy is a protected informant. (5 words)

Knowledge of the informant The informant is the individual who provided the recorded information. (14 words)

But he ended up as an informant himself, imprisoned in a supermax prison in Arizona. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

After the charges of corruption were made against Moitra by Dubey, based on information he received from his contact, she called him out, and publicly stated that there was a motive since his informant held a grudge against her as a “jilted ex”. (43 words)

According to an Odessa Police Department report, detectives in the department’s intelligence division heard Clinton Tyrel Williams might be selling M30 pills and had a confidential informant set up a meeting to buy 10 such pills from him. (39 words)

Factors influencing the reliability of genealogical information include: the knowledge of the informant (or writer); the bias and mental state of the informant (or writer); the passage of time and the potential for copying and compiling errors. (37 words)

Question examples

Anybody with any common sense actually believes the "pizza parlor" story and spy/informant staking it out? (17 words)

Example sentences (20)

But it remains unclear how the informant first came by the information that led to his meetings with Mr Papadopoulos and Mr Page – and his wider role as an FBI informant.

He was speaking to a man Ruthowsky calls an informant, a drug dealer the prosecution says was paying the officer for protection and not an informant at all.

Factors influencing the reliability of genealogical information include: the knowledge of the informant (or writer); the bias and mental state of the informant (or writer); the passage of time and the potential for copying and compiling errors.

Knowledge of the informant The informant is the individual who provided the recorded information.

A 35-year-old notorious bandit informant, has been arrested by the Zamfara State Police Command.

According to an Odessa Police Department report, detectives in the department’s intelligence division heard Clinton Tyrel Williams might be selling M30 pills and had a confidential informant set up a meeting to buy 10 such pills from him.

After the charges of corruption were made against Moitra by Dubey, based on information he received from his contact, she called him out, and publicly stated that there was a motive since his informant held a grudge against her as a “jilted ex”.

An anonymous call can provide the police with enough details to open an investigation, and because no one ever knows the source of the call, the informant remains safe and unknown.

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And the informant is one of those tricky international spies who has used spycraft to go dark.

Anybody with any common sense actually believes the "pizza parlor" story and spy/informant staking it out?

At a Spurs game against Brighton in April there were two separate reports; one of ‘racial abuse towards Japanese players and the Jewish community’ and another of ‘racist, homophobic abuse heard by informant’.

But he ended up as an informant himself, imprisoned in a supermax prison in Arizona.

During his time as Hand, Tyrion proves he is not above manipulation, like when he uses false information to root out Cersei's informant, yet that proves nothing about his success.

He claimed the informant attempted to get the congregation to talk about jihad, and the police allegedly arrived and slammed Hasan onto the hood of his car.

However, upon returning to Ghana from one of her visits to Nigeria, she received a phone call from an informant who revealed Iyanya’s secret affair with another actress.

In each of the transactions, Montgomery testified, the confidential informant was dispatched to purchase heroin from Harvey.

Molitor, 39, participated in daytime surveillance of Whitmer’s home a few weeks earlier, riding with Fox and FBI informant Dan Chappel and recording video, according to evidence.

Murphy is a protected informant.

Self-proclaimed snitch Anna Korobkova told that she is following in the footsteps of her grandfather, who was an anonymous informant for the Soviet secret police during Stalin's reign.

Shehu said the informant gives information to Bandits operating in Kaura Namoda, B/Magaji Zurmi/Shinkafi.

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Common combinations with informant

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "informant" in a sentence?
An example: "But it remains unclear how the informant first came by the information that led to his meetings with Mr Papadopoulos and Mr Page – and his wider role as an FBI informant." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "informant" from authentic English texts.
What does "informant" mean?
Informant means: One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.
What are synonyms of "informant"?
Common synonyms of "informant" include: source, verbalizer, utterer, talker, speaker, beholder, observer, percipient. Plus 5 more synonyms.
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