insider
US/ɪnˈsaɪdɚ/
insider noun: a person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
Noun
insider (plural insiders)
- A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
- Near-synonyms: initiate, old hand, habitué
- Heavy losses were sustained in Simms Petroleum, which took a greater toll from supposed "Wall Street insiders" than from the general public.1923 July 2, “‘Big Board’ Failures”, in Time
- Antonyms:
- outsider
- A person who is within an enclosed space.
- To the insider, the ceiling is like a small firmament twinkling with astral radiations.1849, Herman Melville, chapter 33, in Redburn: His First Voyage. […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC
insider meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
insider in Urdu
- بھیدی, واقف کار
insider in Bengali
- ভেতরের লোক
insider in Malayalam
- insider
- അകത്തിയൻ akattiyaṉ
insider in Kannada
- ಒಳಗಿನವನು, ಗುಟ್ಟುಬಲ್ಲವನು, ಆಂತರ್ಯದವನು
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- insider in Indonesian
- orang dalam
Examples of insider in a sentence
- The crackdown on insider trading sends a message: Wall Streeters accustomed to vacationing at Club Med had best be careful not to end up at Club Fed instead.
- By the time the telecast starts, you’ll be an industry insider.
- Mirfandas can take pleasure in their communal understanding that they are “insiders.”
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Forms of insider
| plural | insiders |
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Origin of insider
From inside + -er.
Words formed from insider
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Words that rhyme with insider
Questions about insider
- What does insider mean?
- Insider means a person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
- What is insider in Urdu?
- Insider in Urdu is بھیدی, واقف کار. See Insider meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is insider?
- Insider is a noun.
- How do you pronounce insider?
- Insider is pronounced /ɪnˈsaɪdɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of insider?
- The plural of insider is insiders.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: insider (page history and authors); insider (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Insider (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); അകത്തിയൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); insider (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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