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in·form·er
 informer
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- pronunciation:
- ihn
for
m
 r
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
one who secretly provides incriminating information about another, esp. for reward.
- synonyms:
- betrayer, telltale
- similar words:
- canary, Judas, rat, squealer, stool pigeon, tattler, tattletale, traitor
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| related words: |
blabbermouth, busybody, witness |
adjective + (n.)informer
paid, secret, suspected
verb + (n.)informer
become, suspect
(n.)informer
+ verb
betray, identify, inform, tip
noun + (n.)informer
agent, card, collaborator, file, government, intelligence, mob, muckraker, name, network, police, rat, regime, spy, witness
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The word informer
contains the following part:
form
Latin
root
that means shape, form
  Example words:
aliform, antiformalist, antireform, auriform, coliform, conform, conformable, conformal, conformance, conformation, conformity, cruciform, cubiform, cuneiform, deform, deformation, deformed, deformity, form, formal, formalism, formality, formalize, formally, format, formation, formative, formless, formula, formularize, formulary, formulate, formulize, fusiform, inform, informal, informality, informant, information, informed, informer, iodoform, malformation, malformed, misinform, multiform, napiform, oviform, piciform, piliform, reform, reformation, reformatory, reformed, reformer, reformist, reniform, semiformal, transform, transformation, transformer, unformed, uniform, uniformity, variform, vermiform
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