Threat synonyms

Apprehension, alarm signal, and alarm are all synonyms for threat. Safety and security are antonyms of threat. And here are 41 another word for threat.

Another word for threat

  • Alarm signal
  • Alarm
  • Apprehension
  • Blackmail
  • Bluff
  • Caution
  • Challenge
  • Coercion
  • Danger
  • Dread
  • Endangerment
  • Fear
  • Fearfulness
  • Foreboding
  • Fright
  • Harassment
  • Hazard
  • Imminence
  • Insecurity
  • Intimidation
  • Jeopardy
  • Menace
  • Ominousness
  • Oppression
  • Peril
  • Persecution
  • Precariousness
  • Pressure
  • Provocation
  • Recklessness
  • Red alert
  • Risk
  • Scare
  • Tension
  • Terror
  • Trouble
  • Ultimatum
  • Warning signal
  • Warning
  • Doom

Threat synonyms statistics

The noun "threat" has a variety of synonyms that differ in length. 2 synonyms with 4 letters, 5 synonyms with 5 letters, 5 synonyms with 6 letters, 4 synonyms with 7 letters, 4 synonyms with 8 letters, 4 synonyms with 9 letters, 4 synonyms with 10 letters, 5 synonyms with 11 letters, 4 synonyms with 12 letters, 1 synonym with 13 letters, and 1 synonym with 14 letters, for a total of 39 synonyms for threat.

Threat sentences

The storm posed a threat.

He ignored the looming threat.

The threat became very real.

They issued a serious threat.


Similar to threat

Word Opposites Synonyms
Breathtaking Dull, mundane Spectacular, magnificent
Threshold End, limit Doorstep, sill
Unrealistic Realistic, pragmatic, lifelike Impractical, impracticable
Surreal Realistic, ordinary Unreal, bizarre
Beat Fresh as a daisy, raring to go Hit, strike
Breakdown Functioning or working Malfunction, failure
Treasure Worthlessness, junk Riches, valuables
Ethereal Tangible, substantial Delicate, exquisite
Reaction Inaction, indifference Response, answer
Neat Poor, inferior Tidy, neat and tidy
Thrill Bore, disappoint Excite, stimulate
Thrilled Indifferent, disappointed, bored Excited, exhilarated
Increase Decrease, reduce Grow, get bigger
Realistic Unrealistic, idealistic, impracticable Practical, pragmatic
Already Not yet, never By this/that time, by now/then
Widespread Local, limited General, extensive
Realized Ignored, misunderstood Acknowledged, recognized
Realize Ignore, overlook Register, perceive
Reasonable Unreasonable, irrational Sensible, rational
Ready Unprepared, taken by surprise Prepared, all set
Feature Flaw, defect Characteristic, attribute
Reality Fantasy, idealism Actuality, truth
Death Birth, life Demise, dying
Break Repair, mend Shatter, smash
Whereas Similarly, likewise While, although
Greatly Slightly, not at all Very much, much
Area Perimeter, volume District, region
Great Little, small, modest Considerable, substantial
Dream Reality, nightmare Ambition, aspiration
Through Around, stopped Into and out of, to the other/far side of
Creative Uncreative, unimaginative Imaginative, innovative
Created Defaced , desolated Produced, made
Create Dismantle, destroy Generate, produce
Real estate Personal property, intangible assets Property, real property
Treatment Neglect, dereliction Behaviour towards, conduct towards
Really Dubiously, questionably In fact, in actual fact