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

Need another word that means the same as “siren”? Find 12 synonyms and 30 related words for “siren” in this overview.

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Siren as a Noun
Definitions of "Siren" as a noun
Synonyms of "Siren" as a noun (12 Words)
Usage Examples of "Siren" as a noun
Associations of "Siren" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Siren” are: delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, temptress, alarm, alarm bell, warning bell, danger signal, seductress, mata hari, circe, lorelei

Siren as a Noun

Definitions of "Siren" as a noun

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

A woman who is considered to be alluring or fascinating but also dangerous in some way.
A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived.
A warning signal that is a loud wailing sound.
A device that makes a loud prolonged signal or warning sound.
Eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills.
Each of a number of women or winged creatures whose singing lured unwary sailors on to rocks.
An eel-like American amphibian with tiny forelimbs, no hindlimbs, small eyes, and external gills, typically living in muddy pools.
An acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning.
A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive.

Synonyms of "Siren" as a noun (12 Words)

alarm	An alarm clock. I hammered on several doors to raise the alarm.
alarm bell	A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event.
circe	A sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine.
danger signal	A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury.
delilah	A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive.
enchantress	A female sorcerer or magician.
femme fatale	A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive.
lorelei	A Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction.
mata hari	Dutch dancer who was executed by the French as a German spy in World War I (1876-1917.
seductress	A woman who seduces someone, especially one who entices a man into sexual activity.
temptress	A woman who tempts someone to do something, typically a sexually attractive woman who sets out to allure or seduce someone.
warning bell	Notification of something, usually in advance.

Usage Examples of "Siren" as a noun

Ambulance sirens.

Associations of "Siren" (30 Words)

affray	A noisy fight. Lowe was charged with causing an affray.
alarm	Be fitted or protected with an alarm. They disabled the alarm* and used a glass cutter to get in.*
awaken	Stop sleeping. He sighed but did not awaken.
beep	Call summon or alert with a beeper. Leave a message after the beep.
bell	A percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer used as an orchestral instrument. The tiny jellyfish has a bell* measuring five to ten millimetres wide.*
blare	Make a loud noise. The horns of the taxis blared.
candle	The basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d’Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin. The candle* flickered in the cold night air.*
chilling	The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature. A chilling* account of the prisoners fate.*
din	A loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise. He dinned the lessons into his students.
disquiet	Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed. It disquiets us that he may be out of jail.
fearfulness	The trait of being afraid.
fright	Frighten. I got the fright* of my life seeing her in the hotel.*
frighten	Drive out by frightening. At his age I guess he doesn t frighten* any more.*
horror	A thing causing a feeling of horror. The mere thought of it gives me the horrors.
loud	Used chiefly as a direction or description in music loud with force. The band played loudly.
panic	Feel or cause to feel panic. The crowd panicked and stampeded for the exit.
petrify	Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern. Slogans petrify* our thinking.*
reminder	A thing that causes someone to remember something. One man was threatened with court action for not paying his water rates when he did not receive a reminder.
scare	Become scared. The rapid questions were designed to scare* her into blurting out the truth.*
sound	Announce by means of a sound. She heard the sound* of voices in the hall.*
terrified	Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation. The terrified* horse bolted.*
terrify	Cause to feel extreme fear. He is terrified of spiders.
terror	Terrorism. She had a terror* of darkness.*
thriller	A suspenseful adventure story or play or movie. A seven goal thriller.
tincture	Stain or tinge with a slight amount of a color. The sky was tinctured red.
tocsin	An alarm bell or signal. 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. He vibed pure hate in my direction.
vibration	A person’s emotional state, the atmosphere of a place, or the associations of an object, as communicated to and felt by others. I picked up no unusual vibrations as to the envelope s contents.
warning	Serving to warn. Without any warning* the army opened fire.*
whistle	The act of signalling e g summoning by whistling or blowing a whistle. The whistle* of the boiling kettle.*