Synonyms of alerted

alerted 1 of 2

adjective

as in aware

Related Words

• aware
• warned
• informed
• prepared
• ready
• forewarned
• knowing
• alert
• wise
• clued (in)
• observant
• hip
• observing
• vigilant
• watchful
• attentive
• sharp-eyed
• with-it
• sharp
• open-eyed
• plugged-in

Dissimilar Words

• unaware
• oblivious
• unconscious
• uninformed
• unwitting
• unmindful
• unknowing
• heedless
• unprepared
• unwary
• unready

alerted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of alert

as in warned

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 & Similar Words

• warned
• advised
• informed
• cautioned
• forewarned
• woke
• notified
• predicted
• admonished
• apprised
• presaged
• foretold
• prophesied
• forecast
• tipped (off)
• augured
• prognosticated
• foreshadowed
• harbingered
• portended
• boded
• foreboded
• foretokened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risked
• imperiled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of alerted

Adjective

More red light means maybe to back up a little bit and see what’s happening, so to be pre-alerted. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026

The alerted products come in various weight packages packed or sliced in retail delis. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026

Verb

Deadline has been alerted to a planned protest against NAZA outside Lincoln Center in New York City, where the film will screen on Saturday. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

Police, who said that they had been alerted to a stabbing by a Ukrainian citizen, said that a 31-year-old foreign national was detained as a suspect at the scene. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

The Australian government was alerted to the incident on September 10, but Albanese said the hack occurred months before, on June 18, when an internal OpenAI model was tasked with researching public health spending. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026

As complaints were rolling in about Jardon, a senior accountant at Citrus was alerted to a $30,000 purchase of Apple products through the nonprofit’s Amazon account, the warrant said. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026

After this, the off-duty officer alerted his colleagues to the shooting, allowing Austin police to quickly respond to the scene. — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2026

The criminal complaint alleges that two separate cadaver dogs alerted to the scent of human remains at Baier’s property on Cork Street Road in Ripon in late 2023, WBAY reported. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

But even if Gus had sadly died in the outback, an influx of scavengers would likely have alerted searchers to the presence of his body, experts said. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

Law enforcement later investigated the dumpster and a K-9 trained in human detection alerted on it, indicating the presence of human remains. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026