| disinformation | (noun) misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc.) | - |
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| info | (noun) a message received and understood | Synonyms: information |
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| infolding | (noun) the folding in of an outer layer so as to form a pocket in the surface | Synonyms: introversion, intussusception, invagination |
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| infomercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: informercial |
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| inform | (verb) give character or essence to | - |
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| (verb) impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to | - |
| (verb) act as an informer | - |
| informal | (adjective) not formal | - |
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| (adjective) used of spoken and written language | - |
| (adjective) having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere | Synonyms: cosy, cozy, intimate |
| (adjective) not officially recognized or controlled | Synonyms: loose |
| informality | (noun) a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously | - |
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| (noun) freedom from constraint or embarrassment | Synonyms: ease |
| informally | (adverb) without formality | - |
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| (adverb) with the use of colloquial expressions | Synonyms: colloquially, conversationally |
| informant | (noun) a person who supplies information | Synonyms: source |
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| (noun) someone who sees an event and reports what happened | Synonyms: witness, witnesser |
| informatics | (noun) the sciences concerned with gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving, and classifying recorded information | Synonyms: information processing, information science, IP |
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| information | (noun) (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome | Synonyms: entropy, selective information |
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| (noun) knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction | - |
| (noun) a message received and understood | Synonyms: info |
| (noun) formal accusation of a crime | - |
| (noun) a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn | Synonyms: data |
| informational | (adjective) relating to or having the nature of information | - |
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| informative | (adjective) providing or conveying information | Synonyms: informatory |
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| (adjective) tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance | Synonyms: enlightening, illuminating |
| (adjective) serving to instruct or enlighten or inform | Synonyms: instructive |
| informatively | (adverb) in an informative manner | Synonyms: instructively |
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| informatory | (adjective) providing or conveying information | Synonyms: informative |
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| informed | (adjective) having much knowledge or education | - |
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| informer | (noun) one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority | Synonyms: betrayer, blabber, rat, squealer |
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| informercial | (noun) a television commercial presented in the form of a short documentary | Synonyms: infomercial |
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| informing | (noun) a speech act that conveys information | Synonyms: making known |
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| (noun) to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) | Synonyms: ratting |
| infotainment | (noun) a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event | Synonyms: docudrama, documentary, documentary film |
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| kinfolk | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept |
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| misinform | (verb) give false or misleading information to | Synonyms: mislead |
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| misinformation | (noun) information that is incorrect | - |
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| pinfold | (noun) a pen where stray animals are confined | - |
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| rainforest | (noun) a forest with heavy annual rainfall | Synonyms: rain forest |
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| reinforce | (verb) make stronger | Synonyms: reenforce |
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| (verb) strengthen and support with rewards | Synonyms: reward |
| reinforced | (adjective) (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness | Synonyms: built |
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| (adjective) given added strength or support | Synonyms: strengthened |
| reinforcement | (noun) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior | Synonyms: reward |
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| (noun) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | Synonyms: reenforcement, support |
| (noun) a device designed to provide additional strength | Synonyms: strengthener |
| (noun) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it | Synonyms: reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus |
| (noun) information that makes more forcible or convincing | Synonyms: reenforcement |
| reinforcer | (noun) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it | Synonyms: reinforcement, reinforcing stimulus |
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| sainfoin | (noun) Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods; naturalized in Britain and North America grasslands on calcareous soils; important forage crop and source of honey in Britain | Synonyms: esparcet, holy clover, Onobrychis viciaefolia, Onobrychis viciifolia, sanfoin |
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| tinfoil | (noun) foil made of tin or an alloy of tin and lead | Synonyms: tin foil |
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| uninformative | (adjective) lacking information | - |
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| uninformatively | (adverb) in an uninformative manner | Synonyms: uninstructively |
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| uninformed | (adjective) not informed; lacking in knowledge or information | - |
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