heads-up
Friendly advance alert
Heads-up serves as both a warning and a noun for advance notice.
As an interjection, it alerts someone to imminent danger or something requiring attention: Heads up!—ball coming your way.
As a noun, it's informal notice that something is coming: Thanks for the heads-up about the meeting change.
The adjective heads-up describes alert, aware play or performance: good heads-up basketball.
Alert about danger
- notificationFormal notice given
- tip-offAdvance secret warning
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
- signalMessage-conveying cue
advisory · caution · early-warning · notice · prompt · cue · indicator · flag
Active mental awareness
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- attentivenessConcentrated awareness of surroundings
- readinessState of being prepared
preparedness · on-guard · sharp-eyed · keen · observant · wary · circumspect · heedful
New version or information
- newsReports of recent events
- informationKnowledge about something
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- announcementPublic declaration of information
report · intel · message · rundown · summary · debrief · fill-in · lowdown
Brief head tilt
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- greetingExpression of welcome
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- waveOscillating motion through medium
warning
Alert about danger
- notificationFormal notice given
- tip-offAdvance secret warning
- forewarningNotice of future trouble
signal · advisory · caution · early-warning · notice · prompt · cue · indicator · flag · pointer
alertness
Active mental awareness
- watchfulnessCareful, sustained attention
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- attentivenessConcentrated awareness of surroundings
readiness · preparedness · on-guard · sharp-eyed · keen · observant · wary · circumspect · heedful · mindful
update
New version or information
- newsReports of recent events
- informationKnowledge about something
- bulletinBrief public announcement
announcement · report · intel · message · rundown · summary · debrief · fill-in · lowdown · scoop
nod
Brief head tilt
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- greetingExpression of welcome
- signalMessage-conveying cue
wave · salute · recognition · nonverbal
- pokerblinds, all-in, all in, call, seven-card stud
- hintshint, clue, tip, nudge, cue
- memosmemo, memos, internal memo, policy memo, legal memo
- notificationsalert, notifications, notification bell, alerts, push
- remindersalarm, alert, notification, reminder app, push notification
- alertnessalert, alertness, attentive, vigilance, vigilant
heads-upoblivious
Lacking any awareness
unaware · inattentive · unalert · asleep at the wheel · caught napping
heads-upsurprise
Unexpected event causing astonishment
ambush · blindside · bolt from the blue · caught off guard · sneak attack