| Main Entry: | signal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extraordinary, outstanding |
Synonyms: |
arresting, arrestive, characteristic, conspicuous, distinctive, distinguished, eminent, exceptional, eye-catching, famous, illustrious, individual, marked, memorable, momentous, notable, noteworthy, noticeable, peculiar, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, renowned, salient, significant, striking |
Antonyms: |
insignificant, unexceptional, unimpressive, unnoteworthy |
| Main Entry: | signal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication; authorization |
Synonyms: |
Mayday, SOS, alarm, alert, beacon, bleep, blinker, cue, flag, flare, gesture, go-ahead, green light, high sign, indicator, mark, movement, nod, okay*, omen, sign, tocsin, token, wink |
| Main Entry: | signal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | indicate; give a sign to |
Synonyms: |
beckon, communicate, flag, flash, gesticulate, gesture, motion, nod, semaphore, sign, signalize, warn, wave, wink |
| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning, signaling device |
Synonyms: |
Mayday, SOS, alert, bell, blast, buzzer, call, caution, clock, cry, drum, flap, flash*, forewarning, gong, high sign, horn, nod, scramble*, scream, shout, sign, signal, siren, squeal, tip, tip off, tocsin, trumpet, warning, whistle, wink, yell |
| Main Entry: | alert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | warning |
Synonyms: |
Mayday, SOS, admonition, alarm, flap, high sign, sign, signal, siren, tip off, wink |
| Main Entry: | alert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | warn |
Synonyms: |
alarm, flag, forewarn, give the high sign, inform, notify, put on guard, signal, tip, tip off, wave flag |
| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | declare arrival |
Synonyms: |
augur, forebode, forecast, forerun, foreshow, foretell, harbinger, herald, indicate, portend, predict, presage, signal, signify |
| Notes: | to announce is to make known publicly; to pronounce is to declare officially or formally |
Antonyms: |
be quiet, hide, withhold |
| Main Entry: | beep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound from electronic device |
Synonyms: |
bell sound, bleep, breedle, computer sound, ding, eep, feep, signal, tone, warning |
| Main Entry: | buoy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | floating device |
Synonyms: |
beacon, drift, float, guide, marker, signal |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yelled statement |
Synonyms: |
ahoy, alarm, all hail, calling, command, cry, hail, holler*, scream, shout, signal, whoop, yawp, yell |