Synonyms of premonitions

premonitions

noun

plural of premonition

as in presentiments

a feeling that something bad will happen

she had a premonition that her cat would somehow get hurt that day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• presentiments
• forebodings
• fears
• feels
• prognostications
• worries
• suspicions
• anxieties
• presages
• intuitions
• insights
• anticipations
• omens
• portents
• signs
• concerns
• apprehensions
• impressions
• doubts
• auguries
• foreknowledges
• perturbations
• agitations
• alarms
• misgivings
• foresights
• dreads
• disquiets
• presciences
• care

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of premonitions

But these were mere hints and premonitions of the kind of sway that humans now hold. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

But Weiss’ premonitions about what was ahead now certainly seem prophetic at the time. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026

In these transitional months, everyone has their own premonitions about what trends will dominate the season ahead, but what will actually happen is pretty much anyone’s guess. — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2026

But Naipaul reminds us about how ubiquitous premonitions of catastrophe and doom were in the 1970s. — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Retroactively, they were interpreted as premonitions of the 1994 violence that saw many thousands of locals, primarily Tutsis, massacred at the hands of Hutu Génocidaires. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026

Again, people have premonitions. — Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 4 May 2026

They are also filled with apocalyptic premonitions that make sense only in a first-century context, when Jesus was credibly thought by his followers to soon be on his way back home, ready to take believers up to Heaven, or the moon, with him. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

New research shows Hinton’s premonitions about the insubordinate streak of AI may already be a reality. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026