WHISTLEBLOWER as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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 i
    Hypernyms(s) whistleblower is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower