ALARM: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ALARM?

Need another word that means the same as “alarm”? Find 56 synonyms and 30 related words for “alarm” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Alarm” are: consternation, dismay, alarm clock, alarm system, warning device, alarum, alert, warning signal, fear, anxiety, apprehension, trepidation, nervousness, unease, distress, agitation, disquiet, perturbation, fright, panic, dread, horror, shock, terror, siren, warning sound, alarm signal, danger signal, distress signal, alarm bell, warning bell, appal, appall, horrify, frighten, scare, startle, unnerve, agitate, upset, fluster, ruffle, disconcert, daunt, disturb, work up, terrify, terrorize, petrify, make someone's blood run cold, unnerving

Alarm as a Noun

Definitions of "Alarm" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “alarm” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
• An alarm clock.
• A clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time.
• An anxious awareness of danger.
• A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event.
• A warning sound or device.
• A warning of danger.
• Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.

Synonyms of "Alarm" as a noun (31 Words)

agitation	A state of agitation or turbulent change or development. Widespread agitation for social reform.
alarm bell	Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
alarm clock	A clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time.
alarm signal	An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
alarm system	A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event.
alarum	An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
alert	A warning serves to make you more alert to danger. A bomb alert.
anxiety	Strong desire or concern to do something or for something to happen. The housekeeper s eager anxiety to please.
apprehension	Fearful expectation or anticipation. His first apprehension of such large issues.
consternation	Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. To her consternation her car wouldn t start.
danger signal	The condition of being susceptible to harm or injury.
dismay	The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles. To his dismay she left him.
disquiet	The trait of seeming ill at ease. Public disquiet about animal testing.
distress	Psychological suffering. They said the baby was in distress.
distress signal	Extreme physical pain.
dread	A person with dreadlocks. The band appeals to dreads and baldheads alike.
fear	An anxious feeling. Fear of unemployment is paralysing the economy.
fright	A sudden intense feeling of fear. I jumped up in fright.
horror	Something that inspires horror something horrible. The painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him.
nervousness	The quality or state of being nervous. There was a trace of nervousness in his voice.
panic	A state of widespread financial alarm provoking hasty action. She hit him in panic.
perturbation	A secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly. Frank s atheism was more than a perturbation to Michael.
shock	A sudden jarring impact. The armies met in the shock of battle.
siren	Eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills. Ambulance sirens.
terror	Terrorism. Weapons of terror.
trepidation	Trembling movements or motion. The men set off in fear and trepidation.
unease	The trait of seeming ill at ease. Public unease about defence policy.
warning bell	Notification of something, usually in advance.
warning device	Notification of something, usually in advance.
warning signal	Notification of something, usually in advance.
warning sound	Cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness.

Usage Examples of "Alarm" as a noun

• Oliver smelled smoke and gave the alarm.
• Some experts view the plan with alarm.
• I set my alarm for 6:30.
• They disabled the alarm and used a glass cutter to get in.
• The boat tilted and the boatmen cried out in alarm.
• I hammered on several doors to raise the alarm.

Alarm as a Verb

Definitions of "Alarm" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “alarm” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
• Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.
• Be fitted or protected with an alarm.
• Make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger.

Synonyms of "Alarm" as a verb (25 Words)

agitate	Cause to be agitated excited or roused. Agitate the water to disperse the oil.
alert	Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness. Police were alerted after three men drove away without paying.
appal	Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised. Bankers are appalled at the economic incompetence of some ministers.
appall	Strike with disgust or revulsion.
daunt	Make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive. Some people are daunted by technology.
disconcert	Cause to feel embarrassment. The abrupt change of subject disconcerted her.
dismay	Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised. They were dismayed by the U turn in policy.
distress	Bring into difficulties or distress especially financial hardship. I didn t mean to distress you.
disturb	Tamper with. I ll see my patient now and we are not to be disturbed.
fluster	Be flustered behave in a confused manner. The false start flustered me a bit.
frighten	Drive out by frightening. The savagery of his thoughts frightened him.
horrify	Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised. They were horrified by the very idea.
make someone's blood run cold	Add up to.
panic	Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic. We are not going to be panicked into a decision.
petrify	Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned. Slogans petrify our thinking.
ruffle	Pleat or gather into a ruffle. Brian had been ruffled by her questions.
scare	Become scared. I was scared stiff.
shock	Collect or gather into shocks. The news of the bombing shocked her.
startle	Move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm. A sudden sound in the doorway startled her.
terrify	Fill with terror; frighten greatly. The thought terrifies me.
terrorize	Create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror. The union said staff would not be terrorized into ending their strike.
unnerve	Disturb the composure of. The journey over the bridge had unnerved me.
unnerving	Disturb the composure of.
upset	Knock (something) over. The accusation upset her.
work up	Cause to work.

Usage Examples of "Alarm" as a verb

• The government was alarmed by an outbreak of unrest.
• This door is locked and alarmed between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
• The empty house alarmed him.
• The news had alarmed her.

Associations of "Alarm" (30 Words)

affray	Noisy quarrel. A person guilty of affray.
alarming	Frightening because of an awareness of danger. Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
awaken	Stop sleeping. He sighed but did not awaken.
bell	Spread outwards like the lip of a bell. The acoustic properties of a trumpet s bell.
chilling	The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature. A chilling account of the prisoners fate.
daunt	Make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive. Some people are daunted by technology.
disquiet	Make (someone) worried or uneasy. World leaders are surely disquieted by the prospect of a global economic meltdown.
dread	Greatly feared dreadful. A dreadful storm.
fear	Avoid doing something because one is afraid. They hushed it up out of fear of public reaction.
fearfulness	The trait of being afraid.
fright	Frighten. Come be comforted he shan t fright you.
frighten	Drive out by frightening. Farmers are being frightened into scaling down their breeding plans.
haunt	Haunt like a ghost pursue. The sight haunted me for years.
horrific	Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror. Horrific conditions in the mining industry.
horror	A literary or film genre concerned with arousing feelings of horror. The mere thought of it gives me the horrors.
monstrosity	The state or fact of being monstrous. The shopping centre a multi storey monstrosity of raw concrete.
panic	Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic. Talk of love panicked her.
petrify	Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright. Slogans petrify our thinking.
reminder	An experience that causes you to remember something. Her mushroom omelette is a blissful reminder of Sunday suppers.
sanguinary	Involving or causing much bloodshed. This bitter and sanguinary war.
scare	Become scared. A bomb scare led them to evacuate the building.
scared	Fearful; frightened. I m scared stiff of flying.
scary	Provoking fear terror. A scary movie.
siren	A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived. Ambulance sirens.
terrify	Fill with terror; frighten greatly. The thought terrifies me.
terrifying	Causing extreme fear. A terrifying wail.
terror	Terrorism. Weapons of terror.
tocsin	A bell used to sound an alarm. He used his resignation as a tocsin to warn of the danger of dictatorship.
vibe	Enjoy oneself by listening to or dancing to popular music. Another classic CD for you to vibe with.
vibration	An instance of vibrating. I picked up no unusual vibrations as to the envelope s contents.