100 Best Synonyms for “Threaten”

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. aim To direct menacingly.
2. alarm To cause fear or concern.
3. announce To make known beforehand.
4. augur To signal a future outcome.
5. bark To speak sharply and threateningly.
6. be a threat to To pose danger to.
7. be dangerous to To put at risk.
8. betoken To be a sign of.
9. blackmail To coerce with damaging information.
10. bluster To threaten noisily.
11. bode To signal a likely outcome.
12. brandish To wave as a threat.
13. browbeat To intimidate with harsh words.
14. bully To intimidate through force.
15. cast a shadow over To darken with possible danger.
16. caution To warn about danger.
17. coerce To force through pressure.
18. compromise To weaken or endanger.
19. constitute a threat to To amount to a danger.
20. cow To intimidate into submission.
21. declare To state openly.
22. destabilize To make dangerously unstable.
23. endanger To put at risk.
24. expose To leave vulnerable to danger.
25. foreshadow To suggest future danger.
26. forewarn To warn in advance.
27. frighten To make afraid.
28. give notice To warn formally.
29. growl To speak in a threatening way.
30. hang over To remain as a danger.
31. hazard To put at risk.
32. herald To announce something approaching.
33. hint at To suggest indirectly.
34. hiss To say with quiet menace.
35. hold at gunpoint To threaten with a gun.
36. imperil To expose to danger.
37. imply To suggest without saying directly.
38. indicate To show as probable.
39. intimidate To frighten into compliance.
40. issue a warning To formally warn.
41. issue threats To make threats formally.
42. jeopardize To put in jeopardy.
43. leave vulnerable To expose to possible harm.
44. level threats To direct threats at someone.
45. loom To appear threateningly near.
46. lower over threaten from above or nearby
47. lurk threaten while hidden nearby
48. make menaces To express threatening intentions.
49. make threats To express harmful intentions.
50. make vulnerable To create exposure to harm.
51. menace To pose a danger to.
52. mug threaten and rob someone
53. overawe threaten into fearful submission
54. overhang threaten from above or nearby
55. overshadow To darken or dominate ominously.
56. place at risk To expose to danger.
57. place in danger To expose to harm.
58. pledge To promise solemnly.
59. point to To indicate as likely.
60. portend To signal something bad.
61. presage To indicate coming trouble.
62. proclaim To announce forcefully.
63. promise To indicate likely trouble.
64. put at risk To expose to possible harm.
65. put in danger To expose to harm.
66. put in jeopardy To place in serious risk.
67. put on notice To warn officially.
68. rage To speak with furious menace.
69. rant To speak angrily and threateningly.
70. represent a threat to To constitute a danger to.
71. risk To expose to possible loss.
72. scare To make fearful.
73. serve notice To give formal warning.
74. shake a fist To gesture threateningly.
75. signal To indicate coming danger.
76. snap To speak abruptly and angrily.
77. snarl To speak angrily and threateningly.
78. spell To mean or signal trouble.
79. spit To say with angry contempt.
80. suggest To imply a possible danger.
81. swear To promise forcefully.
82. talk tough threaten in aggressive words
83. terrorize To frighten severely.
84. throttle threaten by choking someone
85. thunder To speak threateningly.
86. torment threaten or harass repeatedly
87. torture threaten or inflict severe suffering
88. train on To aim a weapon at.
89. tyrannize threaten through oppressive control
90. ultimatum threatening final demand
91. undermine To weaken and endanger.
92. unsettle threaten someone’s sense of security
93. upbraid threaten with harsh criticism
94. utter threats To speak harmful intentions.
95. vow To promise firmly.
96. warn To state possible danger.
97. wave To brandish threateningly.
98. waylay threaten by ambushing someone
99. wield against threaten using as a weapon
100. wreak havoc on threaten with severe damage