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herald

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of herald

1 a person who actively supports or favors a cause

  • an outspoken herald of prison reform
Synonyms of herald

advocate, advocator, apostle, backer, booster, champion, espouser, exponent, expounder, friend, gospeler (or gospeller), hierophant, high priest, paladin, promoter, proponent, protagonist, supporter, true believer, tub-thumper, white knight
Words Related to herald

loyalist, partisan (also partizan), stalwart

adherent, cohort, disciple, follower

interpreter

applauder, cheerleader, encourager, fellow traveler
Near Antonyms of herald

enemy, foe, rival

belittler, critic, faultfinder
Antonyms of herald

adversary, antagonist, opponent

2 one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another

  • the American robin—the herald of spring in the North
Synonyms of herald

angel, foregoer, forerunner, harbinger, outrider, precursor
Words Related to herald

foreboder, foreshadower, foretaste, forewarning

advertiser, announcer, blazoner, crier, proclaimer

courier, messenger, runner

augury, auspice, boding, foreboding, foreshadowing, omen, portent, prefiguring, presage

mark, sign, symptom

bellwether

Synonym Discussion of herald

forerunner, precursor, harbinger, herald mean one that goes before or announces the coming of another. forerunner is applicable to anything that serves as a sign or presage.
    • the blockade was the forerunner of war
precursor applies to a person or thing paving the way for the success or accomplishment of another.
    • 18th century poets like Burns were precursors of the Romantics
harbinger and herald both apply, chiefly figuratively, to one that proclaims or announces the coming or arrival of a notable event.
    • their early victory was the harbinger of a winning season
    • the herald of a new age in medicine

herald

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of herald

1 to give a slight indication of beforehand

  • the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come
Synonyms of herald

adumbrate, forerun, foreshadow, harbinger, prefigure
Words Related to herald

anticipate, foreknow, foresee

forecast, foretell, predict, prognosticate, prophesy

forewarn

augur, bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, presage, promise

allude, connote, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest

2 to make known openly or publicly

  • herald the great tidings to all the world
Synonyms of herald

advertise, announce, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, give out, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, trumpet
Words Related to herald

bark, call (off or out), cry

bill, billboard, bulletin, gazette [chiefly British]

knell, ring, toll

blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff

disseminate, spread

disclose, divulge, introduce, kithe [chiefly Scottish], manifest, report, reveal, show

advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify

communicate, impart, intimate
Phrases Synonymous with herald

beat the drum (for or about), run with
Near Antonyms of herald

conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withhold

recall, recant, retract, revoke

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