harbinger as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
harbinger
noun
1 harbinger
Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
synonyms: forerunner, herald, precursor, predecessor.
Roget 64:
precursor,
antecedent,
precedent,
predecessor;
forerunner,
vancourier†,
avant-coureur [Fr.],
pioneer,
prodrome†,
prodromos†,
prodromus†,
outrider;
leader,
bellwether;
herald,
harbinger;
foreboding;
dawn;
avant-courier,
avant-garde,
bellmare†,
forelooper†,
foreloper†,
stalking-horse,
voorlooper [Afrik.],
voortrekker [Afrik.].
prelude,
preamble,
preface,
prologue,
foreword,
avant-propos [Fr.],
protasis†,
proemium†,
prolusion†,
proem,
prolepsis [Gramm.],
prolegomena,
prefix,
introduction;
heading,
frontispiece,
groundwork;
preparation
etc.
673;
overture,
exordium [Lat.],
symphony;
premises.
prefigurement
etc.
511;
omen
etc.
512.
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Roget 512:
omen,
portent,
presage,
prognostic,
augury,
auspice;
sign
etc.
(indication)
550;
harbinger
etc.
(precursor)
64;
yule candle†.
bird of ill omen;
signs of the times;
gathering clouds;
warning
etc.
668.
prefigurement
etc.
511.
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Dutch: voorloper, voorteken, voorbode
Polish: zwiastun, prognostyk, zapowiedź
verb
1 harbinger
Moby thesaurus: Gabriel, ancestor, announce, announcer, antecedent, augury, avant-garde, bellwether, buccinator, buccinator novi temporis, bushwhacker, evangel, evangelist, explorer, forebear, foregoer, forerun, forerunner, foreshadower, foreshow, foretoken, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, give notice, groundbreaker, guide, herald, herald angel, innovator, lead runner, leader, messenger, notify, omen, outrider, pathfinder, pioneer, point, portent, preannounce, precedent, precursor, predecessor, preindicate, premonitor, presage, presager, proclaim, run before, scout, sign, stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker, vanguard, vaunt-courier, voortrekker ... show more.
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