augur[noun]Synonyms: prophet, auspex, forecaster, foreseer, foreteller, haruspex, Nostradamus, predictor, prognosticator, prophesier
[verb]Synonyms: foretell, adumbrate, forecast, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, soothsay, vaticinate, betoken, bode, forebode, foreshadow, foreshow, foretoken, omen, promise
Related Idioms: bid fair to, give promise (
or fair promise) of, hold out hope of, lead one to believe (
or expect)
Related Words: argue,
bespeak,
indicate,
hint,
imply,
intimate,
suggest,
prefigure,
shadow (forth) [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
au‧gur /ˈɔːɡə $ ˈɒːɡər/
verb[
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: augur 'person who tells the future' (14-21 centuries), from Latin]
augur well/badly/ill formal to be a sign that something will be successful or unsuccessful
Synonym : bode:
Today’s announcement of 300 redundancies does not augur well for the local economy. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲