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warning

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of warning

serving as or offering a warning

  • usually gave her trademark warning look when the children were getting out of hand
Synonyms of warning

admonishing, admonitory, cautionary, cautioning, exemplary, monitory, premonitory
Words Related to warning

didactic, moralistic, moralizing

advisory, counseling (or counselling)

punishing, punitive

warning

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of warning

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

  • she delivered a strict warning that anyone who was caught stealing would be fired
Synonyms of warning

admonishment, admonition, alarm (also alarum), alert, caution, forewarning, heads-up, notice
Words Related to warning

auguring, augury, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, prediction, premonition, presaging, prognosticating, prophecy (also prophesy), prophesying

apprising, informing, notification, notifying, tip-off

advice, counsel, guidance, recommendation, suggestion, tip

announcement, declaration

2 something that tells of approaching danger or risk

  • the ominously darkening sky was a warning that a tornado was approaching
Synonyms of warning

caution, red flag, red light, tip-off, tocsin, wake-up call
Words Related to warning

omen, portent, premonition, presage

notice, notification

buoy, indicator, knell, sign, signal

foretaste, foretoken

announcement, declaration
Phrases Synonymous with warning

handwriting on the wall
Near Antonyms of warning

all clear

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