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insiders

insiders is the plural of insider.

Meaning of insider

Noun

insider (plural insiders)

  1. A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution.
    • Near-synonyms: initiate, old hand, habitué
    Antonyms:
    outsider
  2. 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

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What is insiders the plural of?
Insiders is the plural of insider.

Words near insiders in the dictionary

  1. insiderdom
  2. insiderish
  3. insiderism
  4. insiderly
  5. insiderness
  6. insiders
  7. insidery
  8. insides
  9. inside–outside–beginning
  10. insidiate
  11. insidiated

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