Alarm
Signal
Signal noun - An object intended to give public notice or warning.
Alarm is a synonym for signal in caution topic. You can use "Alarm" instead the word "Signal" as a noun or a verb or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as indication, admonition.
How words are described
| special | special alarm | special signal |
| common | common alarm | common signal |
| complete | complete alarm | complete signal |
| instant | instant alarm | instant signal |
| Other adjectives: standard, single, obvious, actual, real, bad, false, remote, classic, random, last, audio, nearest. | ||
Common collocations
| people | alarm people | signal people |
Both words in one sentence
-
Powell is about to drive away and write John's distress signal off as a false alarm, John drops one of the dead terrorists' bodies onto his hood to convince him that this is the real deal.
Source: Film / Die Hard -
A Nazi by Any Other Name: There's a certain amount of alarm when the signal turns out to be a retransmitted television broadcast of Adolf Hitler giving a speech.
Source: Film / Contact - In Rainbow Six the security firm monitoring the silent alarm in the Austrian investor's manor/castle have a short duress signal conversation over the phone with a member of staff.
Source: Covert Distress Code
Cite this Source
Signal and Alarm. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/alarm/signal
Alarm & Signal. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/alarm/signal>.
Signal or Alarm. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/alarm/signal.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "alarm" and "signal" have occurred on timeline