valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide; guidebook, handbook; vade
mecum[Latin]; manual; map, plan, chart, gazetteer; itinerary &c. (journey) 266.
     hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in
the ear, subaudition[obs3], cue, byplay; gesture &c. (indication) 550; gentle hint, broad hint; verbum sapienti [Latin:  a word to the wise]; insinuation &c. (latency) 526.
     information theory.
     [units of information] bit, byte, word, doubleword[Comp], quad word,
paragraph, segment.
     [information storage media] magnetic media, paper medium, optical
media; random access memory, RAM; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM. 
     V. tell; inform, inform of; acquaint, acquaint with; impart, impart
to; make acquaintance with, apprise, advise, enlighten, awaken; transmit.
     let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make
known; publish &c. 531; notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of.
     let one know, have one to know; give one to understand; give notice;
set before, lay before, put before; point out, put into one’s head; put one in possession of; instruct &c. (teach) 537; direct the attention to &c. 457.
     announce, annunciate; report, report progress; bringword[obs3], send
word, leave word, write word; telegraph, telephone; wire; retail, render an account; give an account &c. (describe) 594; state &c (affirm) 535.
     [disclose inadvertently or reluctantly] let slip, blurt out, spill the
beans, unburden oneself of, let off one’s chest; disclose &c. 529.
     show cause; explain &c. (interpret) 522.
     hint; given an inkling of; give a hint, drop a hint, throw out a hint;
insinuate; allude to, make allusion to; glance at; tip the wink &c. (indicate) 550; suggest, prompt, give the cue, breathe; whisper, whisper in the ear.
     give a bit of one’s mind; tell one plainly, tell once for all; speak
volumes.
     undeceive[obs3], unbeguile[obs3]; set right, correct, open the eyes
of, disabuse, disillusion one of.
     be informed of &c.; know &c 490; learn &c. 539; get scent of, get wind
of, gather from; awaken to, open one’s eyes to; become alive, become awake to; hear, overhear, understand.
     come to one’s ears, come to one’s knowledge; reach one’s ears. 
     Adj. informed &c. v.; communique; reported &c. v.; published &c. 531.
     expressive &c. 516; explicit &c. (open) 525, (clear) 518; plain spoken
&c, (artless) 703.
     nuncupative, nuncupatory|; declaratory, expository; enunciative[obs3];
communicative, communicatory[obs3]. 
     Adv. from information received. 
     Phr. a little bird told me; I heard it through the grapevine.