Synonyms of alerting

alerting

verb

present participle of alert

as in warning

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

• warning
• advising
• informing
• cautioning
• waking
• forewarning
• notifying
• predicting
• admonishing
• forecasting
• apprising
• foretelling
• presaging
• prophesying
• prognosticating
• tipping (off)
• auguring
• foreshadowing
• harbingering
• portending
• foreboding
• boding
• foretokening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risking
• imperiling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of alerting

The business began an awareness campaign earlier this month alerting the public to the fraud. — Bill Lukitsch, Boston Herald, 13 July 2026

Monitoring pipelines, tracking freshness and alerting on anomalies all matter. — Jay Limburn, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Wearables have been reading the human body for more than a decade, counting steps, monitoring heart rate and alerting users when something seems off. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

The campaign also stresses that the sirens are geared toward people who are outside during extreme weather, alerting them to seek shelter, Cagann said. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

Independence Police Department officials did not immediately respond to questions about whether they were informed of the dog alerting to human remains. — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026

An audio recording reviewed by Fox News Digital captured the pilot alerting air traffic control about the escalating situation involving the unruly passenger. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026

On Monday, Disney’s local ABC stations began to air messages alerting viewers to the government’s virtually unprecedented challenges to their station licenses. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 22 June 2026

The woman then ran onto a balcony and screamed for help, alerting her husband. — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026