informs
Passes on news
Informs means to give information or knowledge to someone: The doctor informed her of the diagnosis.
It can also mean to give essential character to something—values that inform a culture, experiences that inform someone's worldview.
To inform on or against someone is to report their wrongdoing to authorities: He informed on his accomplices to get a lighter sentence.
Warning or watchfulness
- notifyFormally communicate information
- warnGive notice of peril
- adviseGive counsel to
- appriseTo notify formally
update · brief · tip off · signal · announce · communicate · relay · convey
alert
Warning or watchfulness
apprise · update · brief · tip off · signal · announce · communicate · relay · convey · transmit
teach
Impart skills or knowledge
- instructConvey knowledge or orders
- enlightenImpart knowledge or wisdom
- explainMake something understood
clarify · illuminate · edify · school · tutor · coach · guide · train · mentor · lecture
influence
Power to affect others
undergird · determine · drive · direct · steer · mold · affect · impact · pervade · permeate
informsdeceives
Causes false belief
misleads · misinforms · disinforms · deludes · fools
- 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
inform, information, informed, misinformation, uninformed, informative, informing, informer, informant