AUGUR Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈȯ-gər

Definition of augur

as in diviner

one who predicts future events or developments ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds

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verb

as in to promise

to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school

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as in to predict

to tell of or describe beforehand the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me

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Noun

However, the lack of US presence and the diminished interest of private capital augurs negatively for the climate agenda. — semafor.com, 14 Nov. 2025 Success for the both the Lamb of God and the Bear of Blow augur well for films not based on existing IP — even if both movies are technically (very technically) based on true events. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2025

Verb

The image of James’s paper lantern, let go and floating up into the night sky like a second moon, augurs his eventual fleeing from his family. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 The rehearsal augurs Starship’s coming test flight—its 12th—which will mark the first time the latest version of vehicle is put through its paces. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for augur

Recent Examples of Synonyms for augur

Noun

While often presented as the act of using beauty practices to manifest your desires, diviner and spiritual wellness teacher Tatianna Tarot would caution against getting too attached to semantics.

— Essence, Essence, 23 Nov. 2025
That spells trouble in the Indo-Pacific, a watery region where military leaders and Beltway diviners believe a war over Taiwan could erupt as soon as 2027.

— Colin Demarest, Axios, 8 Mar. 2025

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Verb

But Duff and Maroney said more action is needed and promised to introduce additional legislation in 2027 to regulate the technology, the benefits of which towns continue to debate.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026
As the team advances toward commercial deployment, the technology promises to slash power bills for data centers and factories and cut industrial carbon footprints worldwide.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of promise

Verb

Seat counts have stopped predicting anything, which means the pricing model underneath thirty years of enterprise software is now unstable in both directions, and everybody selling it knows.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Water starts rapidly flooding the house, with a creature swimming through, clearly adept at moving underwater as had been predicted.

— William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of predict

Noun

Walzer's paradigm case was the Hebrew prophet — Amos, Isaiah — and the point is easily missed.

— Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
They were joined by a disciple of the prophet, Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari, believed to be the first pilgrim to visit the grave.

— Iqbal Akhtar, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

Definition of prophet

Noun

Rainfall totals could dump 2-4 inches across much of the region including some localized totals of 5 inches, according the the NWS Melbourne forecaster’s discussion.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
Like most mainstream forecasters of the energy transition, the high cost of hydrogen and the lack of policy implementation have led us to revise our outlook.

— Sverre Alvik, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of forecaster

Verb

There was no obvious precipitating event, but the encroachment of Grok seemed foreboding.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
The windowless hallways are narrow in the federal building that houses this immigration court, and the agents’ stocky bodies are foreboding in the tight corridors.

— Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025

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