inform
Share the facts
To inform is to give someone information: The doctor informed her of the diagnosis.
More formally, it means to shape or give character to something: His experiences informed his writing.
To inform on someone is to report their wrongdoing to authorities—an informer or informant passes information, often secretly.
She informed on her accomplices to get a lighter sentence.
Warning or watchfulness
- adviseGive counsel to
- appriseTo notify formally
- updateNew version or information
- briefShort in duration
tell · communicate · announcement · notification · bulletin · advisory · warning · message
One who tells authorities
- ratRodent or informer
- tattleReveal another's wrongdoing
- squealShrill, piercing cry
- betrayViolate a trust
grass · narc · fink · turn in · tell on · whistleblower · stool pigeon · canary
Impart skills or knowledge
- instructConvey knowledge or orders
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
- educateProvide formal instruction
- explainMake something understood
clarify · illuminate · edify · guide · mentor · tutor · school · train
Power to affect others
- guideLeader or instruction book
- shapeExternal outline of something
- moldForm-giving container
- underpinSupport from below
permeate · suffuse · imbue · animate · characterize · pervade · define · determine
Covert information gatherer
- agentOne who acts independently
- operativeCovert field agent
- assetItem of value owned
- moleSubterranean insectivore
source · handler · classified · espionage · surveillance · counterintelligence · reconnaissance · briefing
alert
Warning or watchfulness
brief · tell · communicate · announcement · notification · bulletin · advisory · warning · message · dispatch
snitch
One who tells authorities
betray · grass · narc · fink · turn in · tell on · whistleblower · stool pigeon · canary · leaker
teach
Impart skills or knowledge
- instructConvey knowledge or orders
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
- educateProvide formal instruction
explain · clarify · illuminate · edify · guide · mentor · tutor · school · train · lecture
influence
Power to affect others
underpin · permeate · suffuse · imbue · animate · characterize · pervade · define · determine · govern
spy
Covert information gatherer
mole · source · handler · classified · espionage · surveillance · counterintelligence · reconnaissance · briefing · debriefing
- communicateexpress, convey, communicate, tell, share
- disclosurerevealing, disclosing, disclosure, disclose, divulge
- educateteach, instruct, educate, tutor, school
- communicationtelephone, conversation, hand signal, messages, dialogue
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- social actionsinteract, communicate, connect, socialize, engage
- too much informationUnwanted personal disclosure
- personal informationIdentifying details about someone
- contact informationDetails for reaching someone
- for your information
- informed decisionChoice made with facts
- inside informationConfidential knowledge from sources
information, informed, misinformation, uninformed, informative, informing, informer, informant, informs