WHISTLEBLOWERS Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word whistleblowers. (close relations)
whistleblower
Best Alternative Words for WHISTLEBLOWERS
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informants | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who supplies information • someone who sees an event and reports what happened | ||||||||
informers | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority | ||||||||
leakers | nounn | |||||||
noun • a surreptitious informant | ||||||||
tipsters | nounn | |||||||
noun • one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) | ||||||||
witnesses | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who sees an event and reports what happened • a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) • testimony by word or deed to your religious faith • (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature • (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law verb • be a witness to • perceive or be contemporaneous with | ||||||||
whistle-blower | nounn | |||||||
noun • an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it |