alarm - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

Synonyms

• alarm
• alarm system
• warning device

More generic

• device

More specific

• automobile horn
• burglar alarm
• car horn
• fire alarm
• hooter
• horn
• motor horn
• siren
• smoke alarm

Noun

a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

Synonyms

• alarm
• alarm clock

More generic

• clock

Noun

an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

Synonyms

• alarm
• alarum
• alert
• warning signal

More generic

• sign
• signal
• signaling

More specific

• air alert
• alarm bell
• burglar alarm
• fire alarm
• foghorn
• fogsignal
• horn
• red flag
• siren
• tocsin
• torpedo

Noun

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

Synonyms

• alarm
• consternation
• dismay

More generic

• fear
• fearfulness
• fright

Verb

warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

Synonyms

• alarm
• alert

More generic

• warn

More specific

• wake

Verb

fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

Synonyms

• alarm
• appal
• appall
• dismay
• horrify

More generic

• affright
• fright
• frighten
• scare

More specific

• shock

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