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tattlers

NOUN

person who gossips, tells rumors

Synonyms

WEAK

bigmouth blabberer blabbermouth busybody canary fat mouth fink gossip informer rat rumormonger scandalmonger snitch squealer stool pigeon talebearer taleteller telltale tipster troublemaker whistleblower windbag

NOUN

gossip

Synonyms

STRONG

babbler blabbermouth busybody chatterbox chatterer flibbertigibbet gossiper gossipmonger informer meddler newsmonger parrot prattler rumormonger scandalmonger snoop tabby talebearer taleteller tattle tattletale telltale whisperer

WEAK

blab circulator scandalizer

NOUN

informer

Synonyms

STRONG

accuser adviser announcer betrayer blabbermouth canary crier double-crosser herald informant interviewer journalist messenger preacher propagandist rat reporter sneak source tattletale

WEAK

deep throat newscaster/newsperson notifier stool pigeon

Example Sentences

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Some sandpiper groups sound like fancy Victorian musical instruments or board games: whimbrels and willets, dowitchers, dunlins, shanks, and tattlers.

From The Verge • Jun. 26, 2016

But in the early '303 the tattlers were forcibly tongue-tied; the studios threatened to deny them access to the stars.

From Time Magazine Archive

The media tattlers who have already revealed the movie's reel-vs.-real twists know it.

From Time Magazine Archive

The scandal sheets and tattlers call her icy and passionless.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

On a footstool, tattlers sit in piles like stacks of warm sugar crepes.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton