ALARMS Synonyms: 153 Similar and Opposite Words

alarms 1 of 2

noun

variants also alarums

plural of alarm

as in warnings

the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk in a daring midnight ride Paul Revere gave the alarm that British troops were approaching

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alarms

2 of 2

verb

variants also alarums

present tense third-person singular of alarm

as in scares

to strike with fear I don't want to alarm you, but I think you should know there's a bear on your back porch

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as in concerns

to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy alarmed at the skyrocketing cost of home heating fuel

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Recent Examples of alarms

Noun

Police are investigating two recent home burglaries in Los Angeles in which the thieves were confronted by witnesses or scared off by home alarms. —

Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026 Conversations, televisions and alarms from the next cabin may be clearly audible. —

David Nikel, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026 Buckley opened as a +150 underdog and was bet up to a -220 favorite, setting off alarms among bookmakers and the UFC itself. —

Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026 The forecasts are raising alarms globally because of the pattern's powerful influence over the world's weather, and a strong event could create ripple effects for months to come. —

Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 8 May 2026 The fire grew to two alarms, and cause the roof of the building to collapse. —

CBS News, 8 May 2026 But many of the Wall Street decision-makers who attended Semafor World Economy in April are sounding alarms. —

Shelly Banjo, semafor.com, 7 May 2026 That alone should set off alarms. —

Jon Harris Maurer, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026 The new Supreme Court ruling and the ongoing efforts to reshape how Black history is taught, raises alarms among scholars who study Florida’s civil rights past. —

Miami Herald, 2 May 2026

Verb

The focal point of escalating concern is oldest son Jeremy (Edik Beddoes) whose increasingly erratic behavior alarms those around him, not only for his safety but others as well. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 7 May 2026 Whether that future excites or alarms fans, the law—not nostalgia or tradition—will determine who suits up in March. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026 The development of Moltbook, with AI bots forming their own social media, alarms him. —

Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026 When something goes wrong, alarms fire. —

Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Mar. 2026 Yet the price of gas seems likely to keep rising, which alarms Republicans. —

Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026 The Corps has adamantly refused to conduct sediment testing for PFAS, which alarms local scientists and environmentalists like Burdette. —

Patrick Sisson, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2026 But that's not really what alarms me, someone making money off of military advancements. —

Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026 But what alarms him most is the silence from the business community. —

Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for alarms

Noun

As Chicago begins laying the groundwork for its next budget — amid warnings of deficits and difficult choices — the same familiar debate is taking shape.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
But new research by Caplan-Auerbach and many others, published today in Science, shows that subtle clues could help provide early warnings.

— Megan I. Gannon, Scientific American, 6 May 2026