WARNINGS Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

warnings

noun

plural of warning

as in advice

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

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as in signs

something that tells of approaching danger or risk the ominously darkening sky was a warning that a tornado was approaching

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Recent Examples of warnings Meanwhile, there's new research on the efficacy of these bans and fresh warnings about excessive screen time for children. —

N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 3 June 2026 Although there have been similar warnings from individual countries in the past, the joint bulletin was described as unprecedented. —

CNN Money, 3 June 2026 The city's acting police commissioner said the first week or two will be about education and warnings, but after that, tickets will be written -- for sake of safety. —

Jenna Deangelis, CBS News, 3 June 2026 Strike on village kills most of a family Many residents of southern Lebanon remained in villages near the hostilities or returned to areas where strikes occurred after evacuation warnings. —

Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 The conflict has in effect closed the Strait of Hormuz, curtailing exports of oil and gas products, notably jet fuel, leading to dire warnings for the global airline industry. —

Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 2 June 2026 The OpenAI example Many of the Leiden Declaration’s warnings seem especially relevant to how OpenAI announced its model’s mathematical achievement on the same day that news publications reported the company was preparing to offer stock shares to the general public. —

Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026 The chant has been a tradition in Mexican club and international football for years, and FIFA has been trying to stamp it out with warnings, fines and even full stadium closures since 2014. —

Matt Slater, New York Times, 2 June 2026 Sourcing & Methodology This article was generated by software that analyzes National Weather Service warnings and advisories and creates an article based on templates created by humans. —

Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 2 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for warnings

Noun

People with asthma may benefit from a breathing treatment, depending on their symptoms and medical advice.

— Ryan Brennan June 2, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
But the large language models behind most mainstream AI chatbots are trained on a wide variety of content — including huge swaths of the internet — meaning the advice can be iffy and occasionally dangerous.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 2 June 2026