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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; ... show more

Roget 512: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, augury, auspice; sign etc. (indication) 550; harbinger etc. (precursor) 64; ... show more

Dutch: voorloper, voorteken, voorbode
Polish: zwiastun, prognostyk, zapowiedź

verb

1 harbinger

Foreshadow or presage.

synonyms: announce, annunciate, foretell, herald.

Dutch: aankondigen


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 ... show more.

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