Warn Synonyms
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Synonyms for Warn
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.
(Intransitive) To consider, to deliberate.
To put (a person) in mind (of something); cause (a person) to remember
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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.
make red lights flash
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.
To mention as something to think over, act on, etc.; bring to the mind for consideration
To arm in preparation.
To reason or plead in protest; present an objection.
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give the alarm
To indicate by or as by a clue
premonish
(Obsolete) To warn of something in advance
(Intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
offer a word of caution
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put on guard
To give character to; be the formative principle of
The definition of apprise is to inform or to notify.
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:
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 be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
To advise; counsel; suggest
To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner.
put on one's guard
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put on the alert
sound the alarm
put wise
start bells ringing
(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
To give a warning or admonishment:
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
give (fair) warning
To make impossible; prevent
read the riot act. See syn. study at advise.advise
To discourage is defined as to try to get someone not to do something.
Find another word for warn. In this page you can discover 62 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for warn, like: signal, forewarn, alert, notify, advise, admonish, remind, threaten, make red lights flash, cry-wolf and suggest.
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