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augur

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of augur

one who predicts future events or developments

  • ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds
Synonyms of augur

diviner, forecaster, foreseer, foreteller, fortune-teller, futurist, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, seer, soothsayer, visionary
Words Related to augur

prophetess, sibyl, wisewoman

mystic, oracle

astrologer, crystal gazer, palmist, rhabdomancer

Cassandra, doomsayer, doomsdayer, Jeremiah

augur

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of augur

1 to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome

  • the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school
Synonyms of augur

bode, forebode (also forbode), promise
Words Related to augur

forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

forewarn, warn

anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee

betoken, foreshadow, harbinger, portend, prefigure, presignify

indicate, signify

allude, connote, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest
Phrases Synonymous with augur

bid fair

2 to tell of or describe beforehand

  • the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me
Synonyms of augur

call, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, read, vaticinate
Words Related to augur

alert, caution, forewarn, warn

bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, promise

anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee

announce, declare, herald, proclaim
Near Antonyms of augur

describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell

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