ALERTS Synonyms

• an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech

• evidence that helps to solve a problem

• a stimulus that provides information about what to do

• sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards

• assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

• emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

• a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.

• plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

• a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device

• flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

• stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones

• a conspicuously marked or shaped tail

• communicate or signal with a flag

• provide with a flag

• droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

• decorate with flags

• become less intense

• inform (somebody) of something

• a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)

• (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command

• according to schedule or without delay; on time

• ready and willing or quick to act

• performed with little or no delay

• give an incentive for action

• serve as the inciting cause of

• assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

• any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

• any incitement to action

• an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

• notably out of the ordinary

• communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

• be a signal for or a symptom of

• the extreme end of something; especially something pointed

• a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)

• an indication of potential opportunity

• a V shape

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• cause to tilt

• mark with a tip

• give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond the compensation agreed on

• cause to topple or tumble by pushing

• to incline or bend from a vertical position

• walk on one's toes

• strike lightly

• give insider information or advise to

• remove the tip from

• notify of danger, potential harm, or risk

• advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

• ask to go away

• notify, usually in advance

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

• an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

• a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

• 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

• an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

• a state of readiness to respond

• a warning serves to make you more alert to danger

• possessing life

• having life or vigor or spirit

• (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit

• (followed by `to' or `of') aware of

• in operation

• mentally perceptive and responsive

• capable of erupting

• not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

• mentally perceptive and responsive

• stop sleeping

• quick and energetic

• imparting vitality and energy

• very active

• become brisk

• full of life and energy

• full of zest or vigor

• quick and energetic

• elastic; rebounds readily

• filled with events or activity

• full of spirit; full of life

• full of or showing high-spirited merriment

• offering fun and gaiety

• quick and energetic

• a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

• used to give emphasis

• extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

• quick and energetic

• apt to speak irritably

• smart and fashionable

• pleasantly cold and invigorating

• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

• quick and energetic

• the act of slapping on the buttocks

• quick and energetic

• engaged in or accustomed to close observation

• experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness

• carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger