Synonyms of augurs

augurs 1 of 2

noun

plural of augur

as in diviners

one who predicts future events or developments

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diviners
• prophets
• forecasters
• sibyls
• soothsayers
• oracles
• seers
• mystics
• prognosticators
• fortune-tellers
• foretellers
• futurists
• foreseers
• visionaries
• prophesiers
• prophetesses
• astrologers
• palmists
• Cassandras
• wisewomen
• doomsayers
• crystal gazers
• Jeremiahs
• doomsdayers
• rhabdomancers

augurs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of augur

1

as in promises

to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome

the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promises
• bodes
• forebodes
• predicts
• bids fair
• presages
• foretells
• portends
• prognosticates
• warns
• prophesies
• foresees
• forecasts
• foreshadows
• betokens
• forewarns
• indicates
• anticipates
• prefigures
• divines
• implies
• hints
• foreknows
• alludes
• harbingers
• connotes
• suggests
• intimates
• signifies
• presignifies
• insinuates

2

as in predicts

to tell of or describe beforehand

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• predicts
• reads
• presages
• foretells
• anticipates
• warns
• forecasts
• prophesies
• announces
• prognosticates
• calls
• bodes
• portends
• promises
• foresees
• forebodes
• vaticinates
• forewarns
• cautions
• alerts
• declares
• heralds
• proclaims
• divines
• foreknows

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• describes
• relates
• tells
• reports
• recounts
• recites
• narrates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of augurs

Noun

As grey hairs appear and other augurs of age become visible, Claire contends with the varied reactions of her small social circle. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026

Verb

In the film’s ferocious climax, Jim is shot but escapes with Selena and Hannah, and the story closes (28 days later) back in the countryside as a jet flies over and augurs their rescue. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 June 2026

This augurs poorly for yen bulls. — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

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

But some parishioners remain optimistic that this period of intense hardship finally augurs the end of the regime. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026

The broader picture augurs well for the Israeli home front. — Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026

And that really augurs the potential for severe and prolonged enduring instability in this region. — ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026

Every day augurs some new threat—to democracy, to decency. — Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026