dobbernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɒb.ər/us/ˈdɑː.bɚ/Australian English informal disapprovinga person who secretly tells someone in authority that someone else has done something wrong
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sneak noun
telltale noun
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who reveal secrets & tell tales
- big mouth
- blabbermouth
- fink
- grass
- informer
- nark
- rat
- rumour-monger
- scandalmonger
- scaremonger
- sneak
- snitch
- source
- stool pigeon
- supergrass
- tattletale
- telltale
- whistle-blower