Synonyms of heralded

heralded 1 of 2

adjective

as in proclaimed

Related Words

• proclaimed
• announced
• publicized
• declared
• advertised
• published
• aired
• broadcast
• disclosed
• posted
• widespread
• promulgated
• prevalent
• spotlighted
• well-known
• divulged
• rife
• current
• unclassified
• general
• popular
• shared
• nonclassified
• communal
• reported
• public
• reputed
• rumored
• open

Dissimilar Words

• private
• classified
• privy
• secret
• confidential
• unannounced
• clandestine
• undisclosed
• unadvertised
• personal
• covert
• withheld
• surreptitious
• conspiratorial
• intimate
• collusive
• reserved
• undercover
• stifled
• underhanded
• suppressed
• concealed
• revoked
• underhand
• repressed
• retracted
• silenced
• recanted

heralded

2 of 2

verb

past tense of herald

1

as in foreshadowed

to give a slight indication of beforehand

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• foreshadowed
• predicted
• prefigured
• anticipated
• implied
• adumbrated
• foresaw
• harbingered
• foretold
• foreran
• suggested
• prophesied
• presaged
• prognosticated
• portended
• hinted
• forecast
• alluded
• promised
• forewarned
• intimated
• boded
• augured
• connoted
• foreknew
• foreboded
• insinuated

2

as in announced

to make known openly or publicly

herald the great tidings to all the world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announced
• published
• proclaimed
• declared
• advertised
• trumpeted
• promulgated
• posted
• disclosed
• publicized
• blared
• released
• broadcast
• blazed
• sounded
• revealed
• promoted
• flashed
• enunciated
• ran with
• placarded
• reported
• gave out
• annunciated
• blazoned
• introduced
• beat the drum (for or about)
• disseminated
• showed
• spread
• rang
• barked
• featured
• cried
• called (off or out)
• billed
• manifested
• imparted
• informed
• tolled
• notified
• divulged
• bulletined
• intimated
• billboarded
• puffed
• gazetted
• communicated
• knelled
• handed down
• blurbed
• apprised
• kithed
• plugged
• advised
• pitched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• withheld
• suppressed
• concealed
• silenced
• recalled
• revoked
• retracted
• hushed (up)
• recanted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of heralded

Adjective

With LeBron James serving as the most heralded third option in the history of basketball, the Lakers went 15-2. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Less heralded but still beloved by Alpine connoisseurs of a certain age is its successor, the A310. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2026

How will incumbent young players such as Alex Sarr and Kyshawn George, along with heralded rookie AJ Dybantsa, handle the pressure? — Doug Haller, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Still, at the end, the Astros required less heralded players to help them to an 81-81 finish. — Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026

The Southfield, Michigan native was a heralded three-star recruit for the Jayhawks and won a QB competition against Cole Ballard, but the feisty Missouri defense will be the first real test of his college career. — Pj Green september 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Anything for a chance for a few less heralded books to get some attention. — Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026

Rodriguez was the heralded second-round pick who starred as the signal caller for the Texas Tech defense in 2025. — Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2026

Also at Venice, Florian Zeller—who made the Oscar-winning The Father and a less heralded follow-up called The Son—will debut Bunker, starring real-life couple Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026

Verb

Anderson was heralded as an interpreter of songs, like his friends and mentors Haggard and Jones. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

In his social media post, Means heralded those actions, as well as his efforts to reform dietary guidelines and his push for research into psychedelic medications. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

While Nomo’s on-field legacy also isn’t quite as heralded as Griffey’s, the Japanese pitcher had an accomplished career in his own right, pitching for eight different Major League Baseball teams over the course of his 13-season stint in the league. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026

When drugmakers Merck and Moderna announced promising results in August from a late-stage trial of adding an mRNA cancer vaccine to immunotherapy, it was heralded as potentially powerful new way of fighting tumors. — Stat Staff, STAT, 15 Oct. 2026

But Futura Sciences reports that the plant was heralded as something of a miracle in the 1930s, when soil erosion devastated wild swaths of farmland in the South, following the Dust Bowl. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2026

Not heralded as returning are Adam Driver (who played Hannah’s on-and-off actor boyfriend Adam) and former co-showrunner Jenni Konner (with whom Dunham had a creative breakup after the show ended). — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026

After a great box office run with a global cume of $224 million, The Social Network continues to be heralded as a masterpiece of its era. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026

Likewise, many a technology before – from electricity and the telegraph to phone and radio – have been heralded as sublime, magical, revolutionary, and terrifying. — Michael Serazio, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026