Warn synonyms
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To make a signal to:
The definition of alert is to take action and warn people to be aware of something that has happened in the past, is presently occurring, or will happen in the future.
To put (a person) in mind (of something); cause (a person) to remember
To mention as something to think over, act on, etc.; bring to the mind for consideration
offer a word of caution
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give the alarm
make red lights flash
To indicate by or as by a clue
put on guard
(Intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.
To give character to; be the formative principle of
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The definition of apprise is to inform or to notify.
To arm in preparation.
prepare for the worst
To give counsel to; advise:
To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal:
To direct (a person) to do something; order or urge:
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To express disapproval to (someone); criticize:
Threaten is defined as to pose a danger to someone or something, or to make someone believe you pose a danger by making statements indicating an intent to harm them.
To say in advance (what one believes will happen); foretell (a future event or events)
(Music) To lead up to and soften (a dissonance or its impact) by means of preparation.
To reason or plead in protest; present an objection.
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
To advise; counsel; suggest
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To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
put on one's guard
put on the alert
sound the alarm
put wise
start bells ringing
cry-wolf
(Idiomatic) To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears.
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(Basketball) To put the ball in play by throwing it up between two opponents.
give the high sign
put a bug in one's ear
cry-havoc
read the riot act. See syn. study at advise.advise
premonish
(Obsolete) To warn of something in advance
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To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
(Intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
To give a warning or admonishment:
warn (related)
To tell (a person) of a danger, coming evil, misfortune, etc.; put on guard; caution
To discourage is defined as to try to get someone not to do something.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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give (fair) warning
To make impossible; prevent
say (related)
complain (related)
convince (related)
insist (related)
believe (related)
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admit (related)
reassure (related)
argue (related)
worry (related)
accuse (related)
warns (related)
Find another word for warn. In this page you can discover 62 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for warn, like: forewarn, signal, alert, notify, remind, suggest, offer a word of caution, give the alarm, make red lights flash, clue and give-notice.