All warning synonyms
warnΒ·ing
W w noun warning
- sign β a token; indication.
- 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.
- suggestion β the act of suggesting.
- threat β a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace: He confessed under the threat of imprisonment.
- word β Microsoft Word
- mayday β the international radiotelephone distress signal, used by ships and aircraft.
- sos β sol1 .
- augury β An augury is a sign of what will happen in the future.
- exhortation β An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something.
- fore β situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- foretoken β a sign of a future event; omen; forewarning.
- injunction β Law. a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act.
- intimation β the act of intimating, or making known indirectly.
- omen β anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- portent β an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- premonition β a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger.
- presage β a presentiment or foreboding.
- tip β Eugene (Gladstone) 1888β1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
- tip-off β the act of tipping off.
- token β something serving to represent or indicate some fact, event, feeling, etc.; sign: Black is a token of mourning.
- wink β to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- distress signal β a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Compare distress call (def 1).
- look out β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- notice β an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- caution β Caution is great care which you take in order to avoid possible danger.
- caveat β A caveat is a warning of a specific limitation of something such as information or an agreement.
- advice β If you give someone advice, you tell them what you think they should do in a particular situation.
- counsel β Counsel is advice.
- forewarning β to warn in advance.
- admonition β An admonition is a warning or criticism about someone's behaviour.
- alarm β Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- 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.
- example β A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
- guidance β the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- hint β an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- indication β anything serving to indicate or point out, as a sign or token.
- information β knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
- lesson β a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject: The manual was broken down into 50 lessons.
adjective warning
- cautionary β A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- threatening β tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- cautioning β Present participle of caution.
- ominous β portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- admonishing β to caution, advise, or counsel against something.
- admonitory β admonishing; warning
- exemplary β Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind.
- exhortatory β Serving to exhort.
- monitorial β of or relating to a monitor.
- monitory β serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
- premonitory β giving premonition; serving to warn beforehand.
verb warning
- knell β the sound made by a bell rung slowly, especially for a death or a funeral.