Informant
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Informant noun – A person who provides information about another's wrongdoing. Reference and informant are semantically related in source topic. In some cases you can use "Reference" instead a noun "Informant".
Nearby Words: inform, information, informer, informative, informing
Synonyms for Informant
Reference
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Reference noun – Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information. Informant and reference are semantically related in source topic. Sometimes you can use "Informant" instead a noun "Reference".
Nearby Words: refer, referred, referenced, referential, referencing
Synonyms for Reference
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- So ubiquitous, nearly every Mysterious Informant is either an outright reference/parody, or at least has some aspects gleaned from Deep Throat.
Source: Mysterious Informant
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Reference and Informant. (2016). Retrieved 2021, January 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/informant/reference
Informant & Reference. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Jan. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/informant/reference>.
Reference or Informant. 2016. Accessed January 16, 2021. https://thesaurus.plus/related/informant/reference.
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