Synonyms of heads-up

heads-up 1 of 2

noun

ˈhedz-ˈəp 

as in warning

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

thanks for the heads-up about the upcoming visit from the corporate big shots

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warning
• advice
• forewarning
• suggestion
• alert
• recommendation
• caution
• admonition
• admonishment
• notice
• announcement
• prediction
• informing
• alarm
• predicting
• notification
• tip
• forecasting
• guidance
• premonition
• prophecy
• declaration
• tip-off
• notifying
• prognosticating
• presaging
• apprising
• foretelling
• prophesying
• augury
• auguring
• counsel

heads-up

2 of 2

adjective

as in aware

Related Words

• aware
• wary
• mindful
• vigilant
• watchful
• engaged
• observant
• conscious
• observing
• attentive
• alert
• wide-awake
• heedful
• alive
• sharp
• open-eyed
• clearheaded

Dissimilar Words

• absent
• distracted
• preoccupied
• abstracted
• unaware
• dreaming
• intent
• dreamy
• absentminded
• pensive
• absorbed
• rapt
• engrossed
• oblivious
• unwitting
• unconscious
• unwary
• heedless
• inattentive
• vacant
• unmindful
• unthinking
• unknowing
• daydreaming
• faraway
• insensible
• unperceptive
• unheeding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heads-up

Noun

Head coach Rick Tocchet mentioned afterward that the league had given a heads-up about this push — which focuses on everything from visors to neck guards to, of course, jerseys — a few weeks earlier. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Later, Carter Jensen hit an RBI double as Josh Rojas and Isaac Collins scored after some heads-up baserunning. — Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

Adjective

One such means is to use modern-era AI to identify errors and apprise the therapist as a handy heads-up. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Caglianone soon scored the a go-ahead run on some heads-up baserunning. — Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026