Synonyms of alerts

alerts 1 of 2

noun

plural of alert

as in warnings

the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk

the white flash of the doe's raised tail, giving the "danger" alert to her fawns

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warnings
• alarms
• advice
• recommendations
• alarums
• suggestions
• notices
• forewarnings
• cautions
• predictions
• admonitions
• admonishments
• heads-ups
• notifications
• announcements
• prophesies
• prophecies
• premonitions
• tips
• guidance
• declarations
• tip-offs
• auguries
• counsel

alerts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of alert

as in warns

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

• warns
• advises
• informs
• cautions
• wakes
• forewarns
• notifies
• predicts
• forecasts
• presages
• apprises
• tips (off)
• prophesies
• admonishes
• foretells
• augurs
• harbingers
• prognosticates
• portends
• foreshadows
• forebodes
• bodes
• forbodes
• foretokens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risks
• imperils

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of alerts

Noun

What was once the season of patios and long days has increasingly turned into one of heat advisories, wildfire smoke, and smog alerts. —Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025

Freezing your credit, turning on alerts and keeping an eye on medical and financial accounts give you back some control. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025

Keep updated on alerts from the National Weather Service. —Staff Reports, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025

The Federal Trade Commission also has issued alerts and so has AAA. —Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025

Hundreds of thousands of people face rare summer frost alerts on Thursday morning as temperatures plummet. —Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025

InReach is used to send messages to other people using the Garmin Messenger app, to ping your location to them and for SOS alerts. —Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Active shooter alerts at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sent panicked students preparing for the new school year scrambling for cover as first responders swarmed campuses on August 21. —Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025

Be sure to sign up for text alerts and follow us on Instagram and Flipboard to stay updated! —Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025

Verb

As of Friday afternoon, there were no NWS weather alerts in place for the Little Rock forecast region. —Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

For example, an earlier assessment of lane departure warning systems, which issue alerts when the vehicle appears to be drifting out of the travel lane, found that shifting from audible warnings to haptic alerts, like steering wheel vibrations, may be less annoying to drivers. —Tanya Mohn, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

The pour spout has a handy whistle that alerts users when water reaches a rolling boil. —Maggie Horton, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025

There is a standard suite of advanced driver assistance systems, including traffic sign detection (which handily alerts you when the speed limit changes) and collision warning. —Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2025

The Series 6 also offers a full suite of health features, including ECG capability, a Blood Oxygen sensor, heart rate monitoring, and even a Noise app that alerts you to potentially harmful sound levels. —PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025

The heat alerts in the Southwest will remain in effect through Friday. —Christine Rapp, NBC news, 3 Aug. 2025