Search Result for "whistle_blower":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it;
- Example: "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"
- Example: "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
[syn: whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

whistle blower
    n 1: an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization
         in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little
         protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a
         right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was
         fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"
         [syn: whistle blower, whistle-blower, whistleblower]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "whistle blower":
   betrayer, blab, blabber, blabberer, blabbermouth, delator, fink,
   informer, narc, peacher, snitch, snitcher, spy, squealer,
   stool pigeon, stoolie, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale