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warn - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: warn
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give notice of possible occurrence
Synonyms: acquaint, address, admonish, advise, advocate, alert, apprise, caution, clue, counsel, cry wolf*, deprecate, direct, dissuade, enjoin, exhort, fill in, forbid, forearm, forewarn, guide, hint, inform, instruct, notify, order, post, predict, prepare, prescribe, prompt, recommend, remind, remonstrate, reprove, signal, suggest, summon, tell, threaten, tip, urge, clue in, give fair warning, give the high sign, give warning, lay it out, make aware, put on guard, tip off, wise up
Main Entry: acquaint
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: inform oneself or another about something new
Synonyms: accustom, advise, apprise, bring out, clue, come out with*, disclose, divulge, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, fix up*, get together*, habituate, inform, introduce, notify, post, present, reveal, tell, warn, intro, knock down*, let know, make familiar
Antonyms: conceal, deceive, falsify, hide, hold back, mislead, misrepresent, withhold
Main Entry: admonish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: warn, strongly criticize
Synonyms: advise, berate, call down, call on the carpet, censure, check, chide, come down hard on, counsel, ding*, draw the line*, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, give a going over, give a piece of one's mind, glue*, growl*, hoist*, jack up, notice, rap on knuckles, rap*, rebuke, reprimand, reprove, scold, sit on, slap on wrist, speak to, talk to, tell a thing or two, tell off*, upbraid, warn
Antonyms: applaud, approve, commend, compliment, extol, flatter, laud, praise
Main Entry: beep
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: call for electronically
Synonyms: call, page, summon, warn, track down
Main Entry: brandish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: flaunt, swing around
Synonyms: display, disport, exhibit, expose, flash, gesture, parade, raise, shake, show, show off, sport, swing, threaten, trot out*, warn, wield, come on strong, throw weight around
Antonyms: not show
Main Entry: clue
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give information
Synonyms: acquaint, advise, apprise, fill in, hint, indicate, inform, intimate, notify, post, suggest, tell, warn, give the lowdown, give the skinny on, lead to, leave evidence, leave trace, leave tracks, point to, wise up
Antonyms: hide, keep secret
Main Entry: counsel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give advice
Synonyms: admonish, advise, advocate, caution, charge, direct, enjoin, exhort, guide, huddle*, inform, instruct, order, prescribe, prompt, recommend, reprehend, steer, suggest, teach, tip, tout, urge, warn, confab, give pointer, give two cents, keep posted, kibitz, put bug in ear, put heads together, put on to, show the ropes, tip off, wise one up
Notes: counsel is 'advice, guidance' and a counsel is a lawyer; a council is a deliberative body of people assembled for some purpose and members are councillors (especially in Britain)
Main Entry: deter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: check, inhibit from action
Synonyms: avert, block, caution, chill, cool, damp, dampen, daunt, debar, discourage, dissuade, divert, forestall, frighten, hinder, impede, intimidate, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put off, restrain, rule out, scare, shut out, stave off, stop, turn off, warn, act like a wet blanket, disadvise, forfend, put a damper on, talk out of, throw cold water on
Antonyms: encourage, instigate, persuade, promote, stimulate, support, turn on, urge, put on to
Main Entry: dissuade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: talk out of
Synonyms: chicken out*, counsel, deprecate, derail, deter, discourage, divert, exhort, expostulate, faze, hinder, prevent, prick, put off, remonstrate, throw off, thwart, turn off*, warn, advise against, caution against, cry out against, disadvise, disincline, lean on, persuade not to, throw a wet blanket on, throw cold water on, urge not to
Antonyms: incite, persuade, talk into
Main Entry: inform
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: communicate knowledge, information
Synonyms: acquaint, advise, apprise, betray, blab*, brief, caution, clue, edify, educate, endow, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, forewarn, give away, illuminate, inspire, instruct, invest, leak, level, notify, post, relate, snitch, squeal, tattle, teach, tell, tip, tout, update, warn, wise, endue, give a pointer, give a tip, give two cents, let in on, let know, make conversant with, send word, show the ropes, tell on
Antonyms: conceal, hide, secret
Main Entry: intimate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: suggest; tip off
Synonyms: affirm, air, allude, announce, assert, aver, communicate, connote, declare, expose, express, hint, impart, imply, indicate, infer, insinuate, leak, profess, remind, spill the beans*, spring, state, utter, vent, voice, warn, avouch, drop a hint, let cat out of bag, let it be known, make known, make noise
Main Entry: notify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: inform
Synonyms: acquaint, advise, air, alert, announce, apprise, assert, blazon, brief, broadcast, cable, caution, circulate, convey, cue, debrief, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, enlighten, express, fill in, give, herald, hint, mention, pass out, post, proclaim, promulgate, publish, radio, report, reveal, speak, spread, state, suggest, talk, teach, telephone, tell, vent, warn, wire, write, clue in, let in on, let know, make known, send word, tip off, wise up
Antonyms: conceal, hide, suppress
Main Entry: presage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: predict or have a feeling
Synonyms: adumbrate, announce, augur, betoken, bode, divine, feel, forebode, forecast, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, forewarn, harbinger, herald, omen, portend, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, sense, signify, warn, forerun, foreshow, foretoken, intuit, point to, preindicate, soothsay, vaticinate
Main Entry: remind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: awaken memories of something
Synonyms: admonish, advise, bethink, bring back to, bring to mind, call attention, call to mind, call up, caution, cite, emphasize, give a cue, hint, imply, intimate, jog one's memory, make one remember, make one think, mention, note, point out, prod, prompt, put in mind, recall, recollect, refresh memory, remember, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, stir up, stress, suggest, warn
Antonyms: forget
Main Entry: signal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: indicate; give a sign to
Synonyms: beckon, communicate, flag, flash, gesticulate, gesture, motion, nod, sign, warn, wave, wink, semaphore, signalize
Main Entry: toll
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ring out
Synonyms: announce, bell, call, chime, clang, knell, peal, signal, sound, strike, summon, warn, bong
Main Entry: advise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: offer recommendation
Synonyms: admonish, advocate, caution, charge, commend, counsel, direct, dissuade, encourage, enjoin, exhort, forewarn, guide, instruct, move, opine, point out, preach, prepare, prescribe, prompt, recommend, steer, suggest, tout, update, urge, warn, give a pointer, give a tip, kibitz, level with, put bug in ear, put in two cents
Antonyms: betray, deceive, delude, fool, lie, pretend, trick
Main Entry: command
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: demand
Synonyms: adjure, appoint, authorize, ban, bar, beckon, bid, call, call for, charge, check, cite, compel, debar, dictate, direct, enact, enjoin, exact, forbid, grant, impose, inflict, inhibit, instruct, interdict, oblige, ordain, order, proclaim, prohibit, require, requisition, restrain, rule out, set, subpoena, summon, task, tell, warn, call on, call the signals, call upon, force upon, give directions, give orders, lay down the law, mark out, ordinate, put foot down, send for, take charge, take lead
Antonyms: contradict, countermand, oppose, recall, reverse, revoke
Main Entry: enjoin
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: order, command
Synonyms: adjure, admonish, advise, appoint, bid, caution, charge, counsel, decree, demand, dictate, direct, forewarn, impose, instruct, ordain, prescribe, require, rule, tell, urge, warn, call upon
Main Entry: fill in
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: answer in writing
Synonyms: advise, apprise, clue, complete, fill out, inform, insert, notify, post, sign, tell, warn, write in
Antonyms: leave blank
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