warning

Adjective

• serving to warn
  • shook a monitory finger at him
    
  • an exemplary jail sentence
    

Noun

• notification of something, usually in advance
  • they gave little warning of their arrival
    
  • she had only had four days' warning before leaving Berlin
    

• cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
  • a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality
    
  • the warning was to beware of surprises
    
  • his final word of advice was not to play with matches
    

• a message informing of danger
  • a warning that still more bombs could explode
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  admonitory , cautionary , exemplary , monitory , warning(a) , admonition , monition , word of advice