insiders
- 1Plural of insider.
Several company insiders sold their shares just before the price dropped.
Political insiders had predicted the resignation weeks in advance.
Note
A regular plural, formed with -s, that carries both meanings of the singular. Most often it names people with special knowledge of how a group, organization or institution works from within, usually with the group named in front: company insiders, political insiders. It can also mean simply the people within an enclosed space, so context decides whether the word points to access or to location.
insiders is a form of insider
insider, noun: Someone within a group, organization, or institution who has special knowledge of its inner workings. Full entry
- Forms
- insiderinsiders plural
- Spelling
- insider → insiders: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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