insider

English

Etymology

From inside +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈsaɪdɚ/, /ˈɪnsaɪdɚ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)

Noun

insider (plural insiders)

  1. A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
    Antonym: outsider
    Near-synonyms: initiate, old hand, habitué
    • 1923 July 2, “‘Big Board’ Failures”, in Time:
      Heavy losses were sustained in Simms Petroleum, which took a greater toll from supposed "Wall Street insiders" than from the general public.
    • 2007 December 19, Jonathan Clayton, “Profile: Zuma charmed wives and a nation”, in Times of London, UK:
      He is also an astute ANC insider who spent ten years on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela and the other “grandees” of the movement.
    • 2018 July 31, Julia Carrie Wong, “What is QAnon? Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory”, in The Guardian[1]:
      In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.
  2. A person who is within an enclosed space.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dutch: insider
  • German: Insider
  • Japanese: インサイダー (insaidā)
  • Swedish: insider

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English insider.

Noun

insider c

  1. an insider (person with inside information)
    Insidern sitter på insiderinformation
    The insider has inside information

Declension

Declension of insider
nominative genitive
singular indefinite insider insiders
definite insidern insiderns
plural indefinite insiders, insider insiders
definite insiderna insidernas

Derived terms

  • insideraffär
  • insiderbrott
  • insiderinformation

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