Synonyms for warning
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : wawr-ning |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔr nɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for warning Other synonyms for the word warning
- admonishing
- admonitory
- augury
- cautioning
- caveat
- distress signal
- exemplary
- exhortation
- exhortatory
- fore
- foretoken
- forewarning
- handwriting on wall
- heads up
- injunction
- intimation
- lesson
- look out
- Mayday
- monitorial
- monitory
- notification
- omen
- ominous
- portent
- prediction
- premonition
- premonitory
- presage
- recommendation
- sign
- signal
- SOS
- suggestion
- threat
- threatening
- tip
- tip-off
- token
- watch-it
- wink
- word
- word to the wise
Définition of warning
Origin :- Old English warnian "to give notice of impending danger," also intransitive, "to take heed," from West Germanic *warnojanan (cf. Old Norse varna "to admonish," Old High German warnon "to take heed," German warnen "to warn"); related to Old English wær "aware, cautious" (see wary). Related: Warned; warning.
- adj cautionary
- noun notice of possible occurrence
- The brothers must be on the watch, and ready to join her at a moment's warning.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- There was profound conviction in the emphasis with which she spoke her warning.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The Inspector shot a word of warning to Gilder in an aside that Dick could not hear.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Was not the deed perpetrated as an example and warning for himself?
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- She was much inclined to laugh, however; for it did not seem to her that the warning was at all necessary.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- "I think that is rather uncivil," he added, forgetting the warning he had had.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- What warning is contained in the Conclusion of the Commandments?
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- He trembled with fear; it was the warning note he had sent to Crane.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- He did hot "question why" at her warning; he instantly did as he was told.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- It was a pause in Janet's labors that gave the elder first warning of an intruder on his peace.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
Antonyms for warning
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