WARNING

Pronunciation (US):

• WARNING (noun)
  The noun WARNING has 2 senses:

1. a message informing of danger
2. cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger)

  Familiarity information: WARNING used as a noun is rare.

• WARNING (adjective)
  The adjective WARNING has 1 sense:

1. serving to warn

  Familiarity information: WARNING used as an adjective is very rare.

• WARNING (noun)

Meaning:

A message informing of danger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("warning" is a kind of...):

informing; making known (a speech act that conveys information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warning"):

tactical warning ((military) a warning after the initiation of a hostile act)

strategic warning ((miliatry) a warning prior to the start of a threatening act)

heads-up (a warning message)

forewarning; premonition (an early warning about a future event)

false alarm (a warning that is given about something that fails to occur)

caution; caveat (a warning against certain acts)

alert; alerting (a warning serves to make you more alert to danger)

alarmism (needless warnings)

wake-up call (a warning to take action concerning something that was overlooked or neglected)

threat (a warning that something unpleasant is imminent)

Meaning:

Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

admonition; word of advice; monition; warning

Hypernyms ("warning" is a kind of...):

advice (a proposal for an appropriate course of action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warning"):

deterrent example; example; lesson; object lesson (punishment intended as a warning to others)

• WARNING (adjective)

Meaning:

Serving to warn

Synonyms:

monitory; admonitory; warning; cautionary; exemplary

Context examples:

shook a monitory finger at him / an exemplary jail sentence

Similar:

dissuasive (deterring from action)