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Synonyms for harbinger
ˈhɑr bɪn dʒərhar·bin·ger

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Wiktionary3.2 / 5 votes

  1. harbingernoun

    Synonyms:
    herald, premonition, prophet, omen, sign, signal

  2. harbingerverb

    To announce; to be a harbinger of.

    Synonyms:
    herald, premonition, omen, prophet, signal, sign

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.8 / 16 votes

  1. harbinger

    Synonyms:
    announcer, herald, precursor, forerunner

    Antonyms:
    reporter, narrator, relator, historian, follower, attendant

Princeton's WordNet1.6 / 12 votes

  1. harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursorverb

    something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

    Synonyms:
    precursor, predecessor, trumpeter, forerunner, antecedent, herald

  2. announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, heraldverb

    foreshadow or presage

    Synonyms:
    predict, herald, hail, betoken, announce, augur, annunciate, bode, portend, omen, acclaim, prefigure, call, prognosticate, anticipate, foreshadow, foretell, forebode, forecast, declare, promise, auspicate, denote, presage

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 2 votes

  1. harbingernoun

    Synonyms:
    forerunner, precursor, herald

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.7 / 3 votes

  1. harbingernoun

    Synonyms:
    forerunner, precursor, herald, messenger

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "harbinger":

    omen, portent, messenger, precursor, foretaste, herald, forerunner, courier

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How to use harbinger in a sentence?

  1. Connecticut State Senator Will Haskell:

    To some extent, Westport is a cautionary tale, or a harbinger of what's to come, i hope the 168 other towns in Connecticut State see what happens in Westport and act accordingly.

  2. Andy Hall:

    Oil's collapse was being read as the harbinger of some greater economic malaise.

  3. Stephen Kane:

    Information about a planet's interior gives us a sense of whether the surface of the planet is habitable by life as we know it, though this particular planet is unlikely to be inhabited today, it may be a harbinger of many rocky worlds yet to be discovered around our galaxy's oldest stars.

  4. Stephen Farnsworth:

    Every gubernatorial election in Virginia is seen as a leading political indicator. How the parties do in Virginia's governor's race, the year after a presidential election, is seen as a harbinger of how the parties will do in the midterm elections.

  5. Pastor Gordon:

    It’s a harbinger of more trouble to come if we don’t address it right now and hold them accountable to what they are saying.


Translations for harbinger

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  • herald, anunciar, anunciadorCatalan, Valencian
  • Vorzeichen, ankündigen, Omen, VorboteGerman
  • προαναγγέλλω, πρόδρομος, προάγγελοςGreek
  • heraldo, anunciante, anunciar, anunciadorSpanish
  • airutFinnish
  • annoncer, présage, présagerFrench
  • előjelHungarian
  • fyrirboði, boðberi, undanfariIcelandic
  • presagio, premonire, presagire, precursore, profeta, premonitrice, profetizzare, messaggero, premonitore, foriero, annunciare, araldoItalian
  • 前触れJapanese
  • praenuntius, destinarat purgandis mentibus praepositamLatin
  • voorbode, aankondigenDutch
  • innvarsleNorwegian
  • zwiastunPolish
  • arautoPortuguese
  • vestitorRomanian
  • предвестник, провозвестник, предвещатьRussian
  • predšasnik, nagovest, nagoveštaj, najava, navesnikSerbo-Croatian
  • förebud, förlöpare, förebåda, varslaSwedish
  • 预兆Chinese

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