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Synonyms for threat
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
threat
Synonyms:
menace, browbeating, denunciation, intimidationAntonyms:
encouragement, allurement, enticement, promise
Princeton's WordNet
menace, threatnoun
something that is a source of danger
"earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"
threatnoun
a warning that something unpleasant is imminent
"they were under threat of arrest"
threatnoun
declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another
"his threat to kill me was quite explicit"
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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
threatnoun
Synonyms:
menace, denunciation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
threatnoun
Synonyms:
menace, threatening, commination, fulmination, intimidation
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "threat":
threats, menace, threatening, danger, threatens, threatened, threaten, risk, hot, non-threat, hazard, jeopardy, intimidation
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#7304 | hazard | |
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#8550 | panic | |
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#11618 | curse | |
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#19164 | menace | |
#20776 | jeopardy | |
#22241 | nemesis | |
#24331 | intimidation | |
#28154 | brat | |
#31410 | bane | |
#35321 | scourge | |
#64752 | denunciation | |
#101508 | flagellum | |
#224580 | affright | |
#309675 | browbeating |
How to use threat in a sentence?
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?
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.
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!
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.
The growing threat of the Zika virus as a full-blown public health crisis in the United States is a clear call to action.
Translations for threat
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- تهديدArabic
- amenaçaCatalan, Valencian
- ohrožení, hrozba, výhrůžkaCzech
- Drohung, BedrohungGerman
- απειλήGreek
- amenazaSpanish
- تهدیدPersian
- uhka, uhkausFinnish
- menaceFrench
- bagairt, bagradhScottish Gaelic
- ameazaGalician
- איוםHebrew
- धमकीHindi
- սպառնալիքArmenian
- minacciaItalian
- 脅迫, 脅威, 脅かしJapanese
- 위협Korean
- tehdît, ههڕهشهKurdish
- trusselNorwegian
- bedreigingDutch
- trusselNorwegian Nynorsk
- groźba, zagrożeniePolish
- ameaçaPortuguese
- amenințareRomanian
- опасность, угрозаRussian
- претња, pretnja, prijetnja, пријетњаSerbo-Croatian
- hotSwedish
- tishoSwahili
- погро́за, загро́за, небезпе́каUkrainian
- mối đe dọaVietnamese
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