collaborators

noun

plural of collaborator
as in informants

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for collaborators
  1. informants
  2. informers
  3. accomplices
  4. partners
  5. cohorts
  6. confederates
Noun
  • Remember those jailhouse informants who claimed Kezer had confessed?
    — Peter Henderson, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Detectives relied on confidential informants to bust the operation – an informant who purchased drugs from Robinson blew the operation open.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of informants
Noun
  • One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
    — Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of informers
Noun
  • Investigators allege Awais and his accomplices used their control of the associations to siphon money from accounts.
    — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • His wife and daughter, two brothers and a brother-in-law were convicted as accomplices.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplices
Noun
  • Philanthropy takes center stage Organizers vowed to work with nonprofit partners to put the grants toward their most urgent and underresourced needs.
    — James Pollard, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • People who work with the investor credit his business acumen, low-key demeanor and daunting work ethic, qualities that have attracted partners, founders and mentors alike — including Iger.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of partners
Noun
  • As younger cohorts move into peak parenting years, the NRF’s June baseline is likely to keep climbing past the one-third mark.
    — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
  • This is especially true for retailers targeting younger cohorts.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of cohorts
Noun
  • Judge Nelson’s concerns are unfounded, as Kalshi and its confederates—Robinhood, Coinbase, and the CFTC—are not relying solely on the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act update to substantiate their claim that the CEA empowers the CFTC to regulate betting on the outcomes of sporting events.
    — Daniel Wallach, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Hynes died, but his three confederates have been subpoenaed to testify in my malicious prosecution lawsuit.
    — John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of confederates
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“Collaborators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collaborators. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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