alert

alert

verb

Definition of ALERT

to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk <alerted us to the possibility that the roads would be flooded and we might have to take a detour>

Synonyms advise, alert, caution, forewarn, wake

Related Words augur, forecast, foretell, harbinger, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy; apprise, inform, notify, tip (off); admonish; bode, forebode (also forbode), foreshadow, foretoken, portend

Near Antonyms imperil, risk