Definition for Threatened:

• ( of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered; " the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"

Synonyms for Threatened:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • threatened.
  •at risk (adjective)
  • more imperiled,
  • more jeopardized,
  • most jeopardized,
  • most imperiled.
  •doomed (adjective)
  • illfated,
  • over-thrown,
  • most bedeviled,
  • most sunk,
  • ill fated,
  • more ill omened,
  • be-deviled,
  • star crossed,
  • kiss death,
  • more unredeemed,
  • most convicted,
  • more menaced,
  • starcrossed,
  • more illomened,
  • more sunk,
  • more sentenced,
  • most illomened,
  • more suppressed,
  • most predestined,
  • more predestined,
  • un-fortunate,
  • more bedeviled,
  • re-probate,
  • fore-ordained,
  • more ill-omened,
  • pre destined,
  • un-redeemed,
  • most ill omened,
  • be witched,
  • most unredeemed,
  • re probate,
  • be deviled,
  • over-whelmed,
  • in cards,
  • be-witched,
  • more foreordained,
  • fore ordained,
  • un-done,
  • ill omened,
  • de stroyed,
  • un fortunate,
  • de-stroyed,
  • most foreordained,
  • most sentenced,
  • over thrown,
  • un done,
  • over whelmed,
  • most suppressed,
  • most menaced,
  • more convicted,
  • pre-destined,
  • un redeemed,
  • most ill-omened.
  •endangered (adjective)
  • vulnerable,
  • facing extinction,
  • Warned,
  • in danger,
  • unsafe.
  •exposed (adjective)
  • ex-posed,
  • un protected,
  • un-guarded,
  • un guarded,
  • pro-nest,
  • un-protected,
  • pro nest,
  • ex posed.

• v.

  •endangered (verb)
  • Risked,
  • Imperiled.
  •frightened (verb)
  • panicked,
  • Harrowed,
  • disturbed,
  • terrified,
  • unnerved,
  • rattled,
  • haunted,
  • horrified,
  • agitated,
  • petrified,
  • set on edge.
  •threatened (verb)
  • browbeaten,
  • Foreboded,
  • scared,
  • harassed,
  • browbeat,
  • tormented,
  • Bulldozed,
  • intimidated,
  • Forewarned,
  • bullied,
  • Hinted,
  • admonished,
  • frightened.
  •warned (verb)
  • advised,
  • alarmed,
  • alerted,
  • Cautioned.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • mistrustful,
  • snarled,
  • threated,
  • Indicated,
  • helpless,
  • anxious,
  • Loomed,
  • predicted,
  • foreshown,
  • between two fires,
  • Approached,
  • jealous,
  • Presignified,
  • Adventured,
  • jeopardised,
  • defenseless,
  • Imperilled,
  • mistrusting,
  • Betokened,
  • suspicious,
  • Offered,
  • queered,
  • distrustful,
  • Impended,
  • Presaged,
  • Staked,
  • foreshadowed,
  • Brandished,
  • terrorized,
  • cornered,
  • Hazarded,
  • Prognosticated,
  • Scolded,
  • Foretokened,
  • scuppered,
  • Augured,
  • Portended,
  • susceptible,
  • suggested,
  • Prefigured,
  • put at risk,
  • promised,
  • Ventured,
  • undermined,
  • Hectored,
  • forced,
  • in a predicament,
  • Distrusting,
  • in extremis,
  • signified,
  • Coerced,
  • exposed to danger,
  • Pretypified,
  • awaited,
  • Domineered,
  • preindicated,
  • Blackmailed,
  • insecure,
  • daunted.

Paraphrases for Threatened:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, past participle
    Imperiled.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Plants.
  • Noun, plural
    Forests, Cities.
  • Verb, past tense
    undermined, Risked, impair, posed, Warned, Incurred, Indicated, breaches, Brandished, criticized, Hinted, Infringed, Insinuated, damaged, ensured, violated, compromise, Compromised, forecast, outlined, predicted, Was, Were, faced, forced, promised, briefings, failed, pledged, put, called, Displayed, Vowed, tried, received, could, Provided, pulled, jeopardised, endangered, mr, dangerous.
  • Verb, past participle
    frightened, harmed, thwarted, weakened, undermined, intimidated, Hampered, Hindered, impaired, altered, injured, frustrated, retaliation, disrupted, hurt, posed, Warned, Menaced, destroyed, disturbed, diminished, concerned, constrained, eroded, Challenged, scared, Discriminated, terrorized, Incurred, impeded, Confronted, presented, perturbed, contracted, Caused, Prevented, Infringed, deprived, upset, damaged, confused, Blackmailed, Targeted, engaged, violated, Undertaken, restricted, Coerced, shrunk, troubled, Compromised, shaken, implicated, HIT, outlined, broken, Reached, attained, plagued, pressed, marred, mortgaged, worried, punished, beaten, Exhibited, Been, contested, beset, furnished, accused, Attacked, Launched, faced, prejudiced, struck, touched, assigned, committed, hunted, Sentenced, Explained, Slated, attempted, burned, implied, Questioned, Achieved, Delivered, described, drawn, doomed, stated, involved, allocated, Asked, Earmarked, failed, pledged, Subjected, run, put, Discussed, Displayed, disputed, posted, gone, made, jeopardised, endangered.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    jeopardised, endangered, threat, vulnerable, threatening, threatens, at-risk, non-threat, dangerous, prone, susceptible.
  • Proper noun, singular
    endangered, threat, threaten, threatening, threatens.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    threat.
  • Verb, past tense
    threat.

Antonyms for Threatened:

• adj.

  • endangered
    guarded, invulnerable, safe, protected.

Threatened Sentence Examples:

• Death threatened them behind as well as before; behind, death was certain; before, there was still a chance.

• Now they had threatened the life of the King himself!