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

cautioning

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noun

as in assistance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warning
• assistance
• sign
• recommendation
• advice
• signal
• caution
• guidance
• suggestion
• tip-off
• counsel
• instruction
• observation
• feedback
• advisement
• telltale
• brief
• direction
• reminder
• tip
• prompt
• lead
• solution
• urging
• 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
• informing
• forewarning
• waking
• predicting
• admonishing
• notifying
• forecasting
• prophesying
• presaging
• apprising
• foretelling
• prognosticating
• auguring
• tipping (off)
• foreshadowing
• harbingering
• foreboding
• portending
• boding
• forboding
• foretokening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risking
• imperiling
• imperilling