warn

warn is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To refuse. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To refuse.
2. transitive verb. To make ware or aware; to give previous information to; to give notice to; to notify; to admonish; hence, to notify or summon by authority; as, to warn a town meeting; to warn a tenant to quit a house.
3. transitive verb. To give notice to, of approaching or probable danger or evil; to caution against anything that may prove injurious.
4. transitive verb. To ward off.
5. verb. notify, usually in advance

   "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"

6. verb. ask to go away

   "The old man warned the children off his property"

7. verb. notify of danger, potential harm, or risk

   "The director warned him that he might be fired"

   "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"

8. verb. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

   "I warned him not to go too far"

   "I warn you against false assumptions"

   Synonyms: admonish, discourage, monish

Synonyms

admonish, discourage, monish

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in warn:

narw, wran

Common word forms

warns, warned, warner, warning

Words from these letters

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