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Antonyms for threat
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.5 / 2 votes

  1. threat

    Antonyms:
    encouragement, allurement, enticement, promise

    Synonyms:
    menace, browbeating, denunciation, intimidation

Princeton's WordNet4.2 / 5 votes

  1. menace, threatnoun

    something that is a source of danger

    "earthquakes are a constant threat in Japan"

    Synonyms:
    scourge, terror, menace

  2. threatnoun

    a warning that something unpleasant is imminent

    "they were under threat of arrest"

    Synonyms:
    terror, scourge, menace

  3. threatnoun

    declaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another

    "his threat to kill me was quite explicit"

    Synonyms:
    terror, scourge, menace

  4. terror, scourge, threatnoun

    a person who inspires fear or dread

    "he was the terror of the neighborhood"

    Synonyms:
    flagellum, little terror, menace, bane, panic, brat, affright, scourge, holy terror, terror, nemesis, curse

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. threatnoun

    Synonyms:
    menace, threatening, commination, fulmination, intimidation

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. harmless

    there is no verbal or physical harm that is taken place immediately or as a warning.

    some people see him as a threat, but others see him as harmless.

    Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

How to use threat in a sentence?

  1. Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko:

    The behavior of our eastern brother can not fail to worry us, we are not a gigantic state, we do not have nuclear weapons, but our army is sufficiently capable to respond to any threat... Therefore we will protect our patch of land, our statehood, and our independence.

  2. Craig Futterman:

    They still refuse to stop telling ... officers that it’s OK to Taser people who pose no immediate threat to anyone, you need hard and fast rules on this.

  3. Manuel Valls:

    We must remain united and focused because we must be strong in the face of this threat, populism stalks us, ready to pounce at any opportunity, to blow on the embers of discord and exacerbate divisions, as every new division makes us more vulnerable.

  4. Mark Nunnikhoven:

    If anyone did compromise your phone, you're wiping their foothold and they're going to have to hack back in, for a normal person that's kind of extreme, but for a high profile individual that threat factor is different.

  5. Mark Feinberg:

    That's the kind of capability we need, the pathogens we don't know about pose the greatest threat.

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#13455encouragement
#118970enticement
#304004allurement

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