alerted
Made aware beforehand
Alerted is the past tense and past participle of alert, meaning to warn someone or bring something to their attention.
If you are alerted to a danger, someone has made you aware of it so you can respond appropriately.
The smoke detector alerted us to the fire.
She alerted authorities after witnessing the accident.
The word implies urgency—you alert someone to things that matter and may require action.
Given necessary knowledge
- notifiedTold of something
- briefedGiven essential information
- apprisedGave pertinent information
- updatedMade current or modern
advised · warned · clued in · given notice · communicated · signaled · flagged · prompted
informed
Given necessary knowledge
updated · advised · warned · clued in · given notice · communicated · signaled · flagged · prompted · messaged
watchful
Carefully attentive, observant
wary · cautious · ready · prepared · primed · poised · sharp-eyed · keen-eyed · eagle-eyed · hawk-eyed
startled
Abruptly surprised or alarmed
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
- spookedFrightened into alertness
jolted · shocked · shaken · rattled · on edge · tense · anxious · uneasy · agitated · unsettled
alertedunaware
Lacking knowledge of something
uninformed · unalerted · ignorant · oblivious · unsuspecting
alerteddeceived
Misled into false belief
misled · blindsided · surprised · kept in the dark · lulled
- spoiler alertCourtesy before plot disclosure
- red alertTop emergency warning state
- stay alertMaintain active awareness
- emergency alertUrgent mass warning notification
- on alert
- weather alertNotice of atmospheric hazards
alert, alertness, alerting, alerts, alertly, hyperalert, alerter, unalerted