beware
/biˈwɛɚ/
beware verb: to use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).
Verb
beware
- To use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).
- Behold, I send an Angel before thee[…]. Beware of him, and obey his voice.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 23:20-21
- Beware the Ides of March.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonyms:
- mind
beware meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
beware in Tamil
- எச்சரிக்கையாய் இரு, கவனமாயிரு
beware in Urdu
- چوکنا رہنا
beware in Bengali
- সতর্ক হওয়া, সাবধান থাকা, হুঁশিয়ার থাকা
beware in Malayalam
- beware
- സൂക്ഷിക്കുക sūkṣikkuka
More languagesFewer languages
- beware in Kannada
- ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಯಿಂದಿರು, ಎಚ್ಚರವಹಿಸು, ಜಾಗೃತನಾಗಿರು, ಜೋಕೆಯಿಂದಿರು
- beware in Punjabi
- ਖ਼ਬਰਦਾਰ xabardār
- beware in Arabic
- حَذَارِ ḥaḏāri, اِحْذَرْ iḥḏar
- beware in Thai
- ระวัง rá-wang
Examples of beware in a sentence
- So, beware of fake holographics—remember, if there's no diffraction, then it's not a hologram."
- Just beware of basorexia — the sudden urge to kiss someone.
- But beware: it’s addictive and you could end up needing PA (Pinteresters Anonymous).
Synonyms of beware
Forms of beware
| third-person singular present (rare) | bewares |
|---|---|
| present participle (rare) | bewaring |
| past (rare) | bewared |
| past (nonstandard) | bewore |
| past participle (rare) | bewared |
| past participle (nonstandard, rare) | bewore |
Origin of beware
From Middle English bewar, be war, be ware, forms of Middle English ben ware (“to be on one's guard, be vigilant”, literally “be ware”), equivalent to be + ware or be + aware. Compare Old English bewarian.
Words formed from beware
- beware of Greeks bearing gifts
- beware of the dog
- buyer beware
- let the buyer beware
- unbeware
Phrases with beware
Words that rhyme with beware
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- share
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
Questions about beware
- What does beware mean?
- Beware means to use caution, pay attention to (used both with and without of).
- What is beware in Tamil?
- Beware in Tamil is எச்சரிக்கையாய் இரு, கவனமாயிரு. See Beware meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is beware?
- Beware is a verb.
- How do you pronounce beware?
- Beware is pronounced /biˈwɛɚ/.
- What is the past tense of beware?
- The past tense of beware is bewared.
Words near beware in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: beware (page history and authors); beware (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); beware (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); beware (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); സൂക്ഷിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); beware (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖ਼ਬਰਦਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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