ammunition - information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or argument or viewpoint; "his admission provided ammunition for his critics"

factoid - something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print

subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about

misinformation - information that is incorrect

material - information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"

details, inside information - true confidential information; "after the trial he gave us the real details"

fact - a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"

data format, data formatting, format, formatting - the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing)

gen - informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new line of computers"

database - an organized body of related information

news, tidings, word, intelligence - new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome"

news - new information of any kind; "it was news to me"

nuts and bolts - detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished

intelligence information, intelligence - secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy); "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage"

confirmation - information that confirms or verifies

insider information - important information about the plans or condition of a corporation that has not been released to the public; use for personal profit is illegal

arcanum, secret - information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking"

secret - something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"

propaganda - information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause

course of study, curriculum, syllabus, programme, program - an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted to a new program at the university"

news - information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated"

evidence - (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

tabular matter, tabulation - information set out in tabular form

skinny - confidential information about a topic or person; "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"

stuff - information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book"

report card, report - a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment; "his father signed his report card"

aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole

accounting data - all the data (ledgers and journals and spreadsheets) that support a financial statement; can be hard copy or machine readable

metadata - data about data; "a library catalog is metadata because it describes publications"

raw data - unanalyzed data; data not yet subjected to analysis

cognition, knowledge, noesis - the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

data point, datum - an item of factual information derived from measurement or research

acquaintance, conversance, conversancy, familiarity - personal knowledge or information about someone or something

fact - a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"

example, instance, illustration, representative - an item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"

consideration, circumstance, condition - information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"

background knowledge, background - information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"

descriptor - a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system

evidence, grounds - your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

predictor - information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"

tip-off - inside information that something is going to happen

stimulant, stimulus, input, stimulation - any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

communication theory, communications - the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); "communications is his major field of study"

information measure - a system of measurement of information based on the probabilities of the information-bearing events

accusal, accusation - a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt