All warn synonyms
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W w verb warn
- caution β Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
- advise β If you advise someone to do something, you tell them what you think they should do.
- counsel β Counsel is advice.
- inform β to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
- notify β to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- tell β to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
- tip off β a small present of money given directly to someone for performing a service or menial task; gratuity: He gave the waiter a dollar as a tip.
- address β Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
- alert β If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
- hint β an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- instruct β to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- predict β to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.
- prepare β to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- prompt β done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- recommend β to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- remind β to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something): Remind me to phone him tomorrow. That woman reminds me of my mother.
- signal β anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- suggest β to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
- summon β to call upon to do something specified.
- threaten β to utter a threat against; menace: He threatened the boy with a beating.
- urge β to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- acquaint β If you acquaint someone with something, you tell them about it so that they know it. If you acquaint yourself with something, you learn about it.
- admonish β If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
- advocate β If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- apprise β When you are apprised of something, someone tells you about it.
- clue β A clue to a problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it.
- deprecate β If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
- direct β to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- dissuade β to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- enjoin β Instruct or urge (someone) to do something.
- exhort β Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something.
- forbid β to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
- forearm β Anatomy. the part of the arm between the elbow and the wrist.
- forewarn β to warn in advance.
- guide β to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
- post β power-on self-test
- prescribe β to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- remonstrate β to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- reprove β to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
- tip β Eugene (Gladstone) 1888β1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
- clue in β anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- cry wolf β If someone cries wolf, they say that there is a problem when there is not, with the result that people do not believe them when there really is a problem.
- fill in β a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire: to eat one's fill.
- wise up β having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- give notice β warn, inform