Entry Word: warn

Function: verb

Meaning: to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk <Dad warned us that if we continued playing so rough, someone was sure to get hurt>

Synonyms alert, caution, forewarn

Related Words augur, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy; advise, apprise, inform, notify; admonish; bode, forebode, portend

Near Antonyms imperil, risk