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

Mecklenburg County Republican Party Chair Kyle Kirby said Whatley’s decisive primary win and choice to hold his election night event in Charlotte signal where Republicans plan to focus the race ahead.

— Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
Lo and behold, the signal for the mock galaxy was just as strong as the signal for CDG-2 was, even when the globular clusters were masked completely away.

— Big Think, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026