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

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Associations of "Bellwether" (30 Words)

augur	Predict from an omen. The end of the cold war seemed to augur well.
augury	A sign of what will happen in the future; an omen. They heard the sound as an augury of death.
bode	Be a portent of a particular outcome. These signs bode bad news.
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.
democratic	Belong to or relating to the Democratic Party. Democratic art forms.
elective	A course that the student can select from among alternatives. Elective courses on this subject have always been oversubscribed.
elector	In the US a member of the electoral college. Close to 60 per cent of the 60 000 registered electors voted.
fateful	Having momentous consequences; of decisive importance- Saturday Rev. A fateful oversight.
foreboding	Implying that something bad is going to happen. A steadily escalating sense of foreboding.
harbinger	Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone. These works were not yet opera but they were the most important harbinger of opera.
indication	A reading given by a gauge or meter. The presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics.
leader	The principal player in a music group. A natural leader.
luck	Something regarded as bringing about or portending good or bad things. It was my good luck to be there.
omen	Indicate as with a sign or an omen. The raven seemed a bird of evil omen.
ominous	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. Ominous rumblings of discontent.
portend	Indicate by signs. The eclipses portend some major events.
portent	A sign of something about to happen. What portent can be greater than a pious notary.
portentous	Of momentous or ominous significance- Herman Melville. The author s portentous moralizings.
premonition	An early warning about a future event. He had a premonition of imminent disaster.
presentiment	A feeling of evil to come. The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case.
presidential	Relating to a president or presidency. America wants a president who looks presidential.
prognostication	Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source. An unprecedented amount of soul searching and prognostication.
prophetic	Relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy. The prophetic books of the Old Testament.
sign	Authorize a document or other written or printed material by attaching a signature. I didn t see the Stop sign.
status	Relative social or professional position; standing. The novel attained the status of a classic.
superstition	Excessively credulous belief in and reverence for the supernatural. She touched her locket for luck a superstition she d had since childhood.
threatening	Threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments. Her mother had received a threatening letter.
unpropitious	Not propitious. His reports were submitted at a financially unpropitious time.
vote	Bring into existence or make available by vote. None of the Democrats voted last night.