What is another word for buzzers?

Pronunciation: [bˈʌzəz] (IPA)

Buzzers refer to an electronic device that produces a buzzing or beeping sound to indicate a signal or warning. Some synonyms for buzzers include alarms, bells, chimes, sirens, horns, and whistles. These words may have slightly different meanings, but they all have the same function of signaling an alert. Alarms are typically loud and piercing, whereas chimes and bells produce a melodic sound. A siren is typically used for emergency situations and is louder than other types of buzzers. Horns are often used in vehicles, and whistles are used by referees to indicate a foul or stoppage in play. Regardless of the specific word used, buzzers serve an important role in warning us of potential danger or important information.

What are the hypernyms for Buzzers?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    alarm devices, alerting devices, signaling devices, sounding devices.

Usage examples for Buzzers

But oh, the danger of other sacrifices-sacrifices as fatal as that one would be honourable to his name-and oh, the infinite shades and grades of want of high motives and aims which, at such a time, one is doomed to find out in the buzzers who hover round the house-while the honest and pure and upright keep away and are silent.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
Yet every few minutes, red lights blinked and buzzers sounded on the instrument panel.
"The World with a Thousand Moons"
Edmond Hamilton
"He feels the vibrations of those buzzers," Haines told them, "and knows right away when anyone wants to get in."
"Ashton-Kirk, Investigator"
John T. McIntyre

Related words: klaxons, klaxon alarm, alarm klaxon, alarm buzzers, alarm sounder, buzzing alarm, siren buzzer, alarm beeper

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