PORTENDS Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word portends. (close relations)
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| augurs | verbv | |||||
noun • (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy verb • indicate, as with a sign or an omen • predict from an omen | ||||||
| betokens | verbv | |||||
verb • be a signal for or a symptom of • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| bodes | verbv | |||||
verb • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| foreshadows | verbv | |||||
verb • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| foretells | verbv | |||||
verb • foreshadow or presage • make a prediction about; tell in advance • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| heralds | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • (formal) a person who announces important news • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone verb • foreshadow or presage • praise vociferously • greet enthusiastically or joyfully | ||||||
| predicts | verbv | |||||
verb • make a prediction about; tell in advance • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| presages | verbv | |||||
noun • a foreboding about what is about to happen • a sign of something about to happen verb • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| prophesies | verb, nounv, n | |||||
verb • predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration • deliver a sermon | ||||||
| signals | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message • any incitement to action • an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes adjective satellite • notably out of the ordinary verb • communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs • be a signal for or a symptom of | ||||||
| signifies | verbv | |||||
verb • denote or connote • convey or express a meaning • make known with a word or signal | ||||||
| foreshadow | verbv | |||||
verb • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| presage | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a foreboding about what is about to happen • a sign of something about to happen verb • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| augur | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy verb • indicate, as with a sign or an omen • predict from an omen | ||||||
| auspicate | verbv | |||||
verb • indicate, as with a sign or an omen • commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck | ||||||
| betoken | verbv | |||||
verb • be a signal for or a symptom of • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| bode | verbv | |||||
verb • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| forecast | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop verb • predict in advance • judge to be probable • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| foretell | verbv | |||||
verb • foreshadow or presage • make a prediction about; tell in advance • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
| omen | nounn | |||||
noun • a sign of something about to happen verb • indicate, as with a sign or an omen | ||||||
