Synonyms for alarm
əˈlɑrmalarm

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alarm

   Alarm, according to its derivation all'arme, "to arms," is an arousing to meet and repel danger, and may be quite consistent with true courage. Affright and fright express sudden fear which, for the time at least, overwhelms courage. The sentinel discovers with alarm the sudden approach of the enemy; the unarmed villagers view it with affright. Apprehension, disquietude, dread, misgiving, and solicitude are in anticipation of danger; consternation, dismay, and terror are overwhelming fear, generally in the actual presence of that which is terrible, though these words also may have an anticipative force. Timidity is a quality, habit, or condition, a readiness to be affected with fear. A person of great timidity is constantly liable to needless alarm and even terror. Compare FEAR.

   Synonyms:
   affright, apprehension, consternation, dismay, disquietude, dread, fear, fright, misgiving, panic, solicitude, terror, timidity

   Antonyms:
   assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, security

   Preposition:
   Alarm was felt in the camp, among the soldiers, at the news.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alarmnoun

   Synonyms:
   apprehension, fright, fear, timidity, consternation, tocsin, war-cry, war-note, reveille, dread, affright, disquietude, dismay

   Antonyms:
   confidence, security, quiet

2. alarmverb

   Synonyms:
   warn, wake, terrify, intimidate, frighten

   Antonyms:
   compose, embolden, reassure, rally

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. alarm, dismay, consternationnoun

   fear resulting from the awareness of danger

   Synonyms:
   warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, alert, alarm system, discouragement, dismay, disheartenment

2. alarm, warning device, alarm systemnoun

   a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

   Synonyms:
   warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, alert, alarm system, dismay

3. alarm, alert, warning signal, alarumnoun

   an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

   Synonyms:
   warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, qui vive, alert, alarm system, alerting, dismay

4. alarm clock, alarmverb

   a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

   Synonyms:
   warning device, alarum, warning signal, consternation, alarm clock, alert, alarm system, dismay

5. dismay, alarm, appal, appall, horrifyverb

   fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

   "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"

   Synonyms:
   depress, dismay, appall, dispirit, outrage, shock, appal, deject, demoralise, horrify, offend, scandalise, get down, demoralize, cast down, scandalize, alert

6. alarm, alertverb

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

   "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"

   Synonyms:
   dismay, appall, appal, horrify, alert

Matched Categories

1. • Device
   • Signal
   • Warn

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alarmnoun

   Synonyms:
   alarum, larum, tocsin, summons to arms, alarm-bell, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, notice of danger, signal of distress

2. alarmnoun

   Synonyms:
   fear, apprehension, terror, fright, affright, consternation, dismay

3. alarmverb

   Synonyms:
   call to arms, summon to arms

4. alarmverb

   Synonyms:
   terrify, frighten, affright, startle, scare, daunt, appall, put in fear

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. alarmnoun

   Synonyms:
   warning, signal, apprehension, terror, consternation trepidation, fright, panic, dismay

2. alarmverb

   Synonyms:
   terrify, frighten, scare, appall, daunt, unnerve, intimidate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "alarm":

   warning, alert, alarmed, alarms, panic, concern, whistle, ultimatum, detector, scaremongering

Suggested Resources

1. alarm

   The alarm symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the alarm symbol and its characteristic.

How to pronounce alarm?

How to say alarm in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use alarm in a sentence?

1. State Mike Pompeo:

   The DOE said. The Harvard office of public affairs and communications also confirmedto Fox News that it had received anotice of Investigationfrom the The DOE, and said it iscurrently formulating a response. These accusations come just four days after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sounded the alarm about Chinese infiltration into the U.S. education system. The secretarysaid this isnt uncommon for Chinese officials based in the U.S. to actively seek to sow seeds of chaos and gain access to sensitive information -- specificallyon college campuses. Maybe some of you have heard about the time when the Chinese consulate paid the UC San Diego students to protest the Dalai Lama.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   It's possible, you know, you don't want to alarm people, but given the spread we see, you know, anything is possible. And that's the reason why we've got to be prepared to take whatever action is appropriate to contain and mitigate the outbreak.

3. Dirk Hoke:

   We are sounding the alarm that Germany and Europe are falling behind in space vis-a-vis China and the United States, we're at a critical juncture to ensure we stay in the top league.

4. Anastasia Salter:

   Web preservationists have been sounding the alarm on Flash for a long time.

5. John Veron:

   It's more than an alarm bell, it's an air raid siren.