ancient Rome A religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy.

synonym: auspex.

Roget 513: oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer^†, witch, geomancer^†, aruspex^†; aruspice^†, haruspice^†; haruspex; astrologer, star gazer^†; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness^†; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra^†, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer etc. 994; interpreter, etc. 524.    [person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means] predictor, prognosticator, forecaster; weather forecaster, weatherman.    ... show more

Roget 312: rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll; circumrotation^†, circumvolution, circumgyration^†; volutation^†, circination^†, turbination^†, pirouette, convolution.    verticity^†, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge^†; countercurrent; Maelstrom, Charybdis; Ixion.    [rotating air] cyclone; tornado, whirlwind; dust devil.    [rotation of an automobile] spin-out.    axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation.    [rotation and translation together] helix, helical motion.    [measure of rotation] angular momentum, angular velocity; revolutions per minute, RPM.    [result of rotation] centrifugal force; surge; vertigo, dizzy round; coriolus force.    [things that go around] carousel, merry-go-round; Ferris wheel; top, dreidel^†, teetotum; gyroscope; turntable, lazy suzan; screw, whirligig, rollingstone^†, water wheel, windmill; wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear; roller; flywheel; jack; caster; centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge; drill, augur, oil rig; wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre [Brit.].    [Science of rotary motion] trochilics^†.    [person who rotates] whirling dervish.    ... show more

Dutch: wichelaar, waarzegger, augur, auguren

Indicate, as with a sign or an omen.

synonyms: auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate ... show more.

Roget 511: predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate^†, tell fortunes; cast a horoscope, cast a nativity; advise; forewarn etc. 668.    presage, augur, bode; abode, forebode; foretoken, betoken; prefigure, preshow^†; portend; foreshow^†, foreshadow; shadow forth, typify, pretypify^†, ominate^†, signify, point to.    usher in, herald, premise, announce; lower.    hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope; bid fair, promise, lead one to expect; be the precursor etc. 64.    [predict by mathematical or statistical means from past experience] extrapolate, project.    ... show more

Dutch: voorbeduiden, beduiden, aankondigen, voorspellen, waarzeggen, wichelen

Predict from an omen.