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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.5 / 2 votes

  1. threat

    Synonyms:
    menace, browbeating, denunciation, intimidation

    Antonyms:
    encouragement, allurement, enticement, promise

Princeton's WordNet4.2 / 5 votes

  1. menace, threatnoun

    something that is a source of danger

    "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"

    Synonyms:
    scourge, terror, menace

  2. threatnoun

    a warning that something unpleasant is imminent

    "they were under threat of arrest"

    Synonyms:
    terror, scourge, menace

  3. threatnoun

    declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another

    "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"

    Synonyms:
    terror, scourge, menace

  4. terror, scourge, threatnoun

    a person who inspires fear or dread

    "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

    Synonyms:
    flagellum, little terror, menace, bane, panic, brat, affright, scourge, holy terror, terror, nemesis, curse

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. threatnoun

    Synonyms:
    menace, denunciation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. threatnoun

    Synonyms:
    menace, threatening, commination, fulmination, intimidation

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How to use threat in a sentence?

  1. Charlie Cray:

    We've been attacked in countries around the world because we're working with farmers and communities on the threat they face from GMOs, the real issue here is: Why are they doing a press conference in Washington D.C. a week before there is a major vote in GMO labeling?

  2. Ted Cruz:

    Donald ignores everyone else because I think he views the rest of the field as not a meaningful threat and for that matter ... Marco Rubio, does the same thing.

  3. Donald Trump:

    Everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office, there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!

  4. Avril Haines:

    We must strengthen our cybersecurity, safeguard our critical infrastructure, and turn the ongoing technological revolution from a threat to an advantage by integrating new technologies to improve the capacity and superiority of our intelligence into the future.

  5. Marco Rubio:

    The growing threat of the Zika virus as a full-blown public health crisis in the United States is a clear call to action.


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