insider

[in-sahy-der]

noun

1. a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.

2. a person belonging to a limited circle of persons who understand the actual facts in a situation or share private knowledge.

   Insiders knew that the president would veto the bill.

3. a person who has some special advantage or influence.

4. a person in possession of corporate information not generally available to the public, as a director, an accountant, or other officer or employee of a corporation.

insider

/ ˌɪnˈsaɪdə /

noun

1. a member of a specified group

2. a person with access to exclusive information

Word History and Origins

Origin of insider¹

First recorded in 1820–30; inside + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The FCA regulates financial services firms in the UK and part of its role is handling and investigating reports of market abuse, such as insider dealing or market manipulation.

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Varoufakis had to choose, Summers suggested, between being an insider or an outsider:

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For one city insider, there is a sense that Reeves's effort to play nice with the business community before the election had been for nothing.

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Cowell has been moved from his current leadership role, as BBC Sport revealed on Saturday, following disagreements between the two over the running of the team and design of the 2026 car, according to insiders.

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If regulators aim to reduce accounting fraud and insider information breaches to preserve the attractiveness of the U.S. capital markets, less transparency doesn’t help.

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Related Words

• aide 
• associate 
• co-conspirator 
• collaborator 
• conspirator