| Main Entry: | portent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication, forewarning |
Synonyms: |
augury, bodement, boding, caution, clue, foreboding, foreshadowing, foretoken, funny feeling, handwriting on the wall, harbinger, hunch, omen, premonition, presage, presentiment, prognostic, prognostication, sign, sinking feeling, threat, vibes, warning |
| Main Entry: | portent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miracle |
Synonyms: |
marvel, phenomenon, prodigy, sensation, stunner, wonder |
Antonyms: |
doom |
| Main Entry: | augury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | omen |
Synonyms: |
auspice, boding, forerunner, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, portent, precursor, presage, prognostication, promise, prophecy, sign, token, warning |
| Notes: | omen has a negative connotation, a connotation absent from the word augury; generally, augury bodes well for the future, an omen bodes ill |
| Main Entry: | cautionary tale |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of advice |
Synonyms: |
a few words of wisdom, admonition, advisory, caution light, caveat, deterrent example, enough said, event illustrating a hazard, forewarning, hint, lesson, message, moral, omen, portent, red flag, red flag, sign of things to come, sign of things to come, wake-up call, wake-up call, warning, word to the wise, word to the wise |
| Main Entry: | consequence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | importance, significance |
Synonyms: |
account, concern, exigency, fame, honor, import, interest, magnitude, moment, momentousness, need, note, pith, portent, renown, reputation, repute, signification, value, weight, weightiness |
Antonyms: |
insignificance, unimportance, worthlessness |
| Main Entry: | foreboding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misgiving, bad omen |
Synonyms: |
anxiety, apprehension, apprehensiveness, augury, bad vibes, chill, dread, fear, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, funny feeling, handwriting on the wall, portent, prediction, premonition, prenotion, presage, presentiment, prognostic, prophecy, sinking feeling, vibes, warning, wind change |
Antonyms: |
fortune, good omen, luck, providence |
| Main Entry: | forerunner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | example, sign |
Synonyms: |
advertisement, announcement, antecedent, antecessor, augury, exemplar, foregoer, foreshadow, foretoken, forewarning, indication, mark, model, omen, pattern, portent, precursor, predecessor, premonition, presage, prognostic, prototype, sign, token, warning |
Antonyms: |
result |
| Main Entry: | harbinger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication |
Synonyms: |
augury, forerunner, foretoken, herald, messenger, omen, portent, precursor, sign, signal |
| Main Entry: | hunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling, idea |
Synonyms: |
anticipation, apprehension, auguration, augury, boding, clue, expectation, feeling in one's bones, foreboding, forecast, foreknowledge, forewarning, forewisdom, funny feeling, glimmer, hint, impression, inkling, instinct, intuition, misgiving, notion, omination, portent, preapprehension, precognition, preconceived notion, premonition, prenotation, prenotice, presage, presagement, prescience, presentiment, qualm, suspicion, thought |
Antonyms: |
proof, reality, truth |
| Main Entry: | indication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | evidence, clue |
Synonyms: |
adumbration, attestation, augury, auspice, cue, earnest, explanation, expression, forewarning, gesture, hint, implication, index, indicia, inkling, intimation, manifestation, mark, nod, note, notion, omen, pledge, portent, preamble, prefiguration, prognostic, prolegomenon, proof, reminder, show, sign, signal, significant, signifier, suggestion, symptom, telltale, token, trace, vestige, warning, wind*, wink |
Antonyms: |
misinformation |