Roget's Thesaurus

#668. Warning

Nouns

warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice etc. (information) 527; premonition, premonishment; prediction etc. 511; contraindication, lesson, dehortation; admonition, monition; alarm etc. 669. handwriting on the wall, mene mene tekel upharsin, red flag, yellow flag; fog-signal, foghorn; siren; monitor, warning voice, Cassandra, signs of the times, Mother Cary's chickens, stormy petrel, bird of ill omen, gathering clouds, clouds in the horizon, death watch. watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse etc. (indication of locality) 550. sentinel, sentry, watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog, housedog; patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout. cautiousness etc. 864. monitor, guard camera, radar, AWACS, spy satellite, spy-in-the-sky, U2 plane, spy plane.

Verbs

warn, caution; forewarn, prewarn; admonish, premonish; give notice, give warning, dehort; menace etc. (threaten) 909; put on one's guard; sound the alarm etc. 669; croak. beware, ware; take warning, take heed at one's peril; keep watch and ward etc. (care) 459.

Adjectives

warning etc. v.; premonitory, monitory, cautionary; admonitory, admonitive; sematic [Biol.]. warned, forewarned etc. v.; on one's guard etc. (careful) 459, (cautious) 864.

Adverbs

in terrorem [Lat.] etc. (threat) 909.

Interjections

beware!, ware!, take care!, look out!, fore (golf), mind what you are about!, take care what you are about!, mind!

Phrases

ne reveillez pas le chat qui dort [Fr.], don't wake a sleeping cat; foenum habet in cornu [Lat.]; caveat actor; le silence du people est la legon des rois [Fr.]; verbum sat sapienti [Lat.], a word to the wise is sufficient; un averti en vaut deux [Fr.].