Alarum

ahd-5
  • noun. A warning or alarm, especially a call to arms.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as alarm.
  • noun. Same as alarm, but now used only in sense 4, except poetically.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See alarm.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A danger signal or warning.
  • noun. A call to arms.
  • verb. To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
    • Word Usage
    ""The Signalman" by Charles Dickens (1866) This perfectly balanced, beautifully judged story both preys on both the anxiety provoked by the new technology of railways and deeply held beliefs that a ghost can be an alarum for events to follow."
    cross-reference
    alarm  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sign  signal  signaling  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    air alert  alarm bell  burglar alarm  fire alarm  foghorn  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abbreviata  answer  clangor  curfew  dingle  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    alar  
    variant
    alarm  
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