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Synonyms for harbinger
ˈhɑr bɪn dʒərhar·bin·ger
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Princeton's WordNet
harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursorverb
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
Synonyms:
precursor, predecessor, trumpeter, forerunner, antecedent, heraldannounce, 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 Synonymes
harbingernoun
Synonyms:
forerunner, precursor, herald
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
harbingernoun
Synonyms:
forerunner, precursor, herald, messenger
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#280 | sign | |
#374 | call | |
#2383 | signal | |
#2693 | forecast | |
#3497 | messenger | |
#4348 | promise | |
#5401 | herald | |
#5539 | announce | |
#7048 | courier | |
#8692 | predict | |
#9348 | declare | |
#9657 | prophet | |
#12883 | denote | |
#14126 | anticipate | |
#14168 | precursor | |
#14400 | hail | |
#17648 | predecessor | |
#18782 | acclaim | |
#26609 | announcer | |
#29752 | omen | |
#32182 | bode | |
#37504 | forerunner | |
#42940 | trumpeter | |
#43616 | harbinger | |
#44502 | antecedent | |
#68716 | presage | |
#79918 | premonition | |
#89419 | augur | |
#98619 | portent | |
#99650 | foretell | |
#121622 | foreshadow | |
#125593 | portend | |
#139379 | foretaste | |
#299067 | prognosticate | |
#301893 | prefigure |
How to use harbinger in a sentence?
This shows that the Supreme Court continues to apply close scrutiny to the death penalty. I think it's really a harbinger of the day coming when the Supreme Court is going to strike it down.
Look at' Avengers : Endgame,' that opened in April,' Black Panther' was last February and' Star Wars' is now usually in December, a slow Memorial weekend is no longer a harbinger of a terrible summer. It's just another long weekend on the calendar.
The only thing that criminals respond to are arrests and prosecution … we refer to that as deterrence. And there doesn't seem to be any deterrence, to see the numbers go up this dramatically in a short period of time, during blizzards and cold weather, it is not a good harbinger of things to come.
It should be treated as a routine tactic rather than a harbinger of disaster.
That very tight margin in a race that should never have been competitive in the first place was a harbinger of 2006, when Democrats got extremely fired up and won a whole lot of previously red seats.
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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