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AUGURY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for AUGURY?

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Augury as a Noun
Definitions of "Augury" as a noun
Synonyms of "Augury" as a noun (26 Words)
Usage Examples of "Augury" as a noun
Associations of "Augury" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Augury” are: foretoken, preindication, sign, omen, indication, presage, warning, forewarning, harbinger, signal, promise, threat, menace, ill omen, forecast, prediction, prognostication, prophecy, straw in the wind, writing on the wall, hint, auspice, fortune telling, divining, forecasting the future, soothsaying

Augury as a Noun

Definitions of "Augury" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “augury” as a noun can have the following definitions:

The interpretation of omens.
An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
A sign of what will happen in the future; an omen.

Synonyms of "Augury" as a noun (26 Words)

auspice	A divine or prophetic token.
divining	Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God.
forecast	A calculation or estimate of future events, especially coming weather or a financial trend.
forecasting the future	A statement made about the future.
foretoken	An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come. A foretoken* of problems that lay ahead.*
forewarning	An advance warning. Officials had no forewarning* of the attacks.*
fortune telling	An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another.
harbinger	A forerunner of something. Witch hazels are the harbingers of spring.
hint	A slight or indirect indication or suggestion. Handy hints on saving energy in your home.
ill omen	An often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining.
indication	A reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure. Heavy bleeding is a common indication* for hysterectomy.*
menace	A person or thing that causes trouble or annoyance. A new initiative aimed at beating the menace* of drugs.*
omen	Prophetic significance. He looked for an omen* before going into battle.*
prediction	The action of predicting something. The prediction* of future behaviour.*
preindication	An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
presage	An omen or portent. The fever was a sombre presage* of his final illness.*
prognostication	A statement made about the future. An unprecedented amount of soul searching and prognostication.
promise	A verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future. Dawn came with the promise* of fine weather.*
prophecy	A prediction uttered under divine inspiration. The gift of prophecy.
sign	A gesture used in a system of sign language. Wolverine sign.
signal	A gesture, action, or sound that is used to convey information or instructions, typically by prearrangement between the parties concerned. Signals from the boat suddenly stopped.
soothsaying	The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.
straw in the wind	A variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white.
threat	A person who inspires fear or dread. The company faces the threat* of liquidation proceedings.*
warning	Advance notice of something. Without any warning* the army opened fire.*
writing on the wall	The work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect.

Usage Examples of "Augury" as a noun

He hoped it was an augury.
They heard the sound as an augury of death.

Associations of "Augury" (30 Words)

augur	Foresee or predict. The end of the cold war seemed to augur* well.*
bellwether	Someone who assumes leadership of a movement or activity. Basildon is now the bellwether* of Britain s voting behaviour.*
bode	Indicate by signs. Their argument did not bode* well for the future.*
boding	A feeling of evil to come. A steadily escalating sense of foreboding.
circumstances	Your overall circumstances or condition in life including everything that happens to you. A victim of circumstances.
destine	Design or destine. She was destined to become a great pianist.
destined	Intended for or travelling towards (a particular place. He is destined* to be famous.*
destiny	The hidden power believed to control future events; fate. He believed in destiny.
divination	The practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means. The Celtic art of divination.
fateful	Ominously prophetic. A fateful* oversight.*
foreboding	An unfavorable omen. With a sense of foreboding* she read the note.*
future	A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future. He d decided that there was no future* in the gang.*
harbinger	A forerunner of something. Witch hazels are the harbingers of spring.
inauspicious	Contrary to your interests or welfare. My words with inauspicious* thunderings shook heaven.*
omen	Indicate as with a sign or an omen. A rise in imports might be an omen* of recovery.*
ominous	Presaging ill fortune- P.B.Shelley. There were ominous* dark clouds gathering overhead.*
portend	Be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen. The eclipses portend* some major events.*
portent	A sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen. Many birds are regarded as being portents of death.
portentous	Of or like a portent; of momentous significance. The author s portentous* moralizings.*
premonition	A strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant. He had a premonition* of imminent disaster.*
presentiment	A feeling of evil to come. A presentiment* of disaster.*
prognosticate	Make a prediction about; tell in advance. The economists were prognosticating financial Armageddon.
prognostication	A statement made about the future. These gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded.
prophetic	Foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention. Prophetic powers.
sign	Indicate with signposts or other markers. He signed on the dotted line.
sinister	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. A sinister* smile.*
superstition	An irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear. She touched her locket for luck a superstition* she d had since childhood.*
threatening	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. She was a type he found threatening.
unfortunate	A person who suffers bad fortune. An unfortunate* decision.*
unpropitious	(of a circumstance) not giving or indicating a good chance of success; unfavourable. His reports were submitted at a financially unpropitious* time.*