Synonyms of cautioned

cautioned

verb

past tense of caution

as in warned

to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk

the doctor cautioned that I should still be careful using my sprained wrist for the next several days

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risked
• imperiled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cautioned

The source expressed optimism that the military money would come through but cautioned that it neither had been secured nor guaranteed. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2026

If there’s too much maintenance and not enough expansion, one or both partners could get bored and feel stuck, Nelson cautioned. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Morris cautioned, however, that without some sort of institutional reform, the dominant party in a state could simply keep redrawing maps to keep up with changing voter behavior. — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026

Swagel cautioned against doing arithmetic on the fly but offered some back-of-the-envelope numbers. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

The advisory also cautioned that aftershocks capable of causing additional damage could follow the earthquake. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

Julie Theriot, a biophysicist at the University of Washington, cautioned that single-cell RNA sequencing is not the only or even the best way to characterize cell states. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the UAE’s president, also cautioned against conspiracy theories as investigators look to establish the facts surrounding what happened. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

As your lab results come in, our experts cautioned against looking for particular numbers. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 2 Oct. 2026