TOCSIN Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

tocsin

noun

ˈtäk-sən

Definition of tocsin next

as in signal

an object intended to give public notice or warning the tocsin rang out, warning us of the approaching tornado

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as in warning

something that tells of approaching danger or risk noted that a sudden drop in a student's grades may be a tocsin of a serious personal problem

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Recent Examples of tocsin Singer Building housed a sewing-machine company, but its slender campanile might have served to ring tocsins or watch for approaching armies. —

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Aug. 2023 The Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Hudson Institute, and AEI have all been sounding the tocsin about Iran for decades. —

Jacob Heilbrunn, The New Republic, 23 Jan. 2020

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Noun

Zhandos Moldabekov, PhD, a researcher at HZDR who came up with the idea for the method, said the method preserves the signal’s physical structure.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
Widespread ghost job postings inflate job vacancy numbers and provide inaccurate signals to government decision makers, including at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

— Michelle Travis, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026