Synonyms of warns

warns

verb

present tense third-person singular of warn

as in alerts

to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk

the lifeguard warned the boys that if they continued playing so rough, someone was sure to get hurt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alerts
• advises
• cautions
• informs
• wakes
• forewarns
• predicts
• admonishes
• notifies
• presages
• foretells
• tips (off)
• forecasts
• prophesies
• apprises
• augurs
• prognosticates
• portends
• foreshadows
• bodes
• forebodes
• harbingers
• foretokens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risks
• imperils

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of warns

But the company warns that, as simulations run longer, details and object permanence can shift over time. — Jay Peters, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026

As the frightening phantom of Frank the Bunny warns, this parallel reality has a ticking clock that’ll result in its imminent collapse in just 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds. — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Five countries — Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen — are listed under the department's highest advisory level, Level 4, which warns Americans not to travel. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Rubio warns against delaying transition Speaking on the record during the question-and-answer portion of the call, Rubio insisted that Washington would not allow the institutional reforms to become an excuse for postponing elections indefinitely. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

The story warns that, against all intuition, even a lone driver at night must always stop and offer the phantom woman a ride. — Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026

Advertisement If courts accept the DOJ’s argument, the consequences could extend beyond Alaska, warns Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Del Santo warns that the manuscript must not be used to claim that Schrondinger sided with a deterministic view of nature. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

The report warns that without action, 24-to-75% of California's beaches could disappear seasonally or permanently, depending on how high the sea rises. — Gio Insignares, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026