Synonyms of cautioning

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adjective

as in warning

serving as or offering a warning

a cautioning story about how envy can destroy a friendship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warning
• admonishing
• cautionary
• admonitory
• premonitory
• monitory
• punitive
• exemplary
• moralizing
• advisory
• moralistic
• counseling
• didactic
• punishing
• counselling

cautioning

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noun

as in assistance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warning
• assistance
• recommendation
• sign
• advice
• caution
• signal
• guidance
• suggestion
• tip-off
• counsel
• instruction
• observation
• advisement
• brief
• urging
• feedback
• telltale
• reminder
• prompt
• tip
• direction
• lead
• solution
• hint
• pointer
• clue
• answer

cautioning

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verb

present participle of caution

as in alerting

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risking
• imperiling
• imperilling

• risking
• imperiling
• imperilling