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Synonyms for menace

20 synonyms
1 antonym
2 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

danger threaten peril endanger

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Danger

danger, threaten, peril, endanger, confront, intimidate, distress, jeopardy, imperil, jeopardize US, jeopardise UK, hazard, denounce dated

Other

Noun

1. Minacy — the act of threatening

minacity, minacy dated

Other

threat, denunciation, commination

Antonyms

All antonyms of menace →

Definitions

v. 1
To make threats against (someone); to intimidate.
to menace a country with war
n. 1
The act of threatening.

Related words

Phrases: red menace yellow menace

Forms

Plural: menaces → minacities, threats, denunciations, comminations…
Past participle: menaced
e.g. menaced → dangered, threatened, periled, endangered…

Choose the right word

or Menace?

Threaten is Anglo-Saxon, and menace is Latin.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example sentences

danger At that time no thought of danger crossed my mind.
threaten Tom said that he heard Mary threaten to kill John.
peril Many wild animals are in peril of losing their lives.
endanger I would never do anything that could endanger Tom.
bully Sami is the only bully I have ever had in my life.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
menace		falling
danger		steady
threaten		rising
peril		steady
endanger		falling
bully		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: cow¹
5 letters: bully², peril²
6 letters: danger², threat¹, hazard², minacy
7 letters: imperil³
8 letters: distress², threaten², confront², jeopardy³, endanger³, denounce², minacity
10 letters: intimidate⁴, jeopardize³, jeopardise
11 letters: commination
12 letters: denunciation⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bully² = 2 syllables).