Synonyms for warns
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : wawrn |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɔrn |
Top 10 synonyms for warns Other synonyms for the word warns
- acquaint
- admonish
- advocate
- apprise
- clue
- clue in
- counsel
- cry wolf
- deprecate
- direct
- dissuade
- enjoin
- exhort
- fill in
- forbid
- forearm
- forewarn
- give fair warning
- give the high sign
- give warning
- guide
- lay it out
- make aware
- post
- prepare
- prescribe
- prompt
- put on guard
- recommend
- remind
- remonstrate
- reprove
- signal
- suggest
- summon
- tell
- threaten
- tip
- tip off
- urge
- wise up
Définition of warns
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.
- verb give notice of possible occurrence
- Daylight is appearing, and warns us that we must be on the move again.
- Extract from : « The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba » by Walter Goodman
- I say this to Seraphine when she warns me that I must not go to Roberta's party.
- Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
- "I—I'm afraid you would find him rather a lively armful just now," warns Vee.
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- The army of flies buzzing about them warns you against their use.
- Extract from : « Third class in Indian railways » by Mahatma Gandhi
- And women have an instinct that warns them not to be too lavish.
- Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- He is about to shoot it when it warns him to desist, or it will cost him his life.
- Extract from : « The Science of Fairy Tales » by Edwin Sidney Hartland
- Further on the Bishop warns his readers that everything can be abused.
- Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall
- As they try to enter, he warns them away with the cry of "smallpox."
- Extract from : « The Writing of the Short Story » by Lewis Worthington Smith
- She warns him away, saying that her father is armed to repulse his presence.
- Extract from : « A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs » by Hubert G. Shearin
- I quoted to him the proverb which warns us to let sleeping dogs lie.
- Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham
Antonyms for warns
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