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insider

insider

169 5.0
A person in a company or group who knows private information
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnˌsaɪdər/
translation icon : persona con información privilegiada
  • He gained an insider perspective on the project after working closely with the team.
  • insider knowledge
  • industry insiders
  • insiders said

And that, famously, is known among DC insiders as the Reagan reversal.

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Examples

  • School personnel work closely with a large majority of the nation's children, providing "insider" expertise on this population.

    Academic text (2013)
  • More surprisingly though to industry insiders was who they were dealing with.

  • I needed as much insider detail as I could get from him in a hurry.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • There had to be an insider.

  • But over here is an insider or investor.

  • Sam knew about it, couple other insiders knew about it.

  • I want to get some insider knowledge about what the gamble is.

  • This guy is the ultimate insider.

  • I host an event every month for insiders.

  • Our novel would depend greatly on her writing skills and my insider's knowledge of the government's workings.

    Fiction book (1998)

Antonyms

283 4.1

A person who is not accepted by a group or community

Compounds

Buying or selling company shares using secret information not available to the public

Secret company facts not public that people often use illegally to make money in the stock market

1 6.4

Private information that gives someone an advantage

How Connected

executive
103 4.5
insider
169 5.0
affiliate
117 4.1
member
1.4
outsider
283 4.1

Surface Forms

insider singular
insiders plural

Morphology

insider = inside (transparent) = inside + er

The meaning 'a person within' is directly derived from the base 'inside' plus the agentive suffix '-er', so learners who know 'inside' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word insider comes from in- 'in' and side 'side', so it literally means someone 'on the inside' of a group or place. That's why an insider is a person who has access to private or secret information.