FORETASTES Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

foretastes

noun

plural of foretaste

as in symptoms

somewhat formal a small or short experience of something that will not be fully experienced until later The sudden cold snap gave us a foretaste of winter. These layoffs are only a foretaste of what's to come.

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Noun

The participants with high-fever symptoms also tended to have greater gut inflammation than their peers.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026
Dermatologists can work alongside a patient's cancer team to help manage these symptoms, which may allow patients to stay more comfortable during treatment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of symptoms

Noun

However, the document didn't give any clear hints as to when exactly policymakers thought that hike could come.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
The pair have restored some of the building’s original features, while adding new flooring and taking hints from Hadid’s paintings for the finishing touches.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of hints

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Viewers get only glimmers of the characters’ personalities and backgrounds, but the show offers enough detail and texture to understand how Season 1 might unfold.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
These sensual glimmers are no match for the antagonistic sociality of straight male relationships, which, in this novel, quickly convert sympathy or desire into rivalry and aggression.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

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