Synonyms of portends

portends

verb

present tense third-person singular of portend

as in predicts

formal + literary to be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen

The distant thunder portended a storm.

If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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