Home › Words › A › awarnawarn/əˈwɔː(ɹ)n/awarn means to warn.awarn is pronounced /əˈwɔː(ɹ)n/.EtymologyFrom Middle English awarnye; equivalent to a- + warn.verbTo warn.e.g.“That every bird and beast awarned made To shrowd themselves” — 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.aware 73% match — Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty. vs awarn →forewarn 71% match — To warn in advance. vs awarn →prewarn 71% match — To warn beforehand; to forewarn. vs awarn →diswarn 69% match — To dissuade or warn against. vs awarn →forwarn 65% match — To prohibit; forbid; deny (right, access to, etc.). vs awarn →awares 63% match — Expectedly; with awareness. vs awarn →premonish 60% match — To warn of something in advance. vs awarn →aviso 60% match — Advisory; information; advice; intelligence. vs awarn →