alarm

/əlˈɑɹm/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. fear resulting from the awareness of danger
2. a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
3. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
4. a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

verb

1. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
   “I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview”
2. warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
   “The empty house alarmed him”

Synonyms for alarm

• dismay
• consternation
• warning device
• alarm system
• alert
• warning signal
• alarum
• alarm clock
• appal
• appall
• horrify

Words that rhyme with alarm

• arm
• charm
• farm
• harm
• disarm
• forearm
• rearm
• underarm
• firearm
• gendarme
• unarm
• ducharme
• genpharm
• nonfarm
• novopharm
• sharm