Term: informant: a person who supplies information
Candidate hypernym: communicator: a person who communicates with others → 1
Candidate hypernym: curtain raiser: any preliminary activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus noctiluca: a genus of protoctist → 0
Candidate hypernym: clarinet: a single-reed instrument with a straight tube → 0
Candidate hypernym: back-formation: a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it → 0
Candidate hypernym: standing: an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event → 0
Candidate hypernym: ashcan: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected → 0
Candidate hypernym: planetesimal hypothesis: (cosmology) the theory that the solar system was formed by the gravitational accumulation of planetesimals → 0
Candidate hypernym: barrier: a structure or object that impedes free movement → 0
Candidate hypernym: syllepsis: use of a word to govern two or more words though agreeing in number or case etc. with only one → 0
Candidate hypernym: note: a comment or instruction (usually added) → 0