Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun portent

1 sense of portent

Sense 1
omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy -- (a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle")
       => augury, sign, foretoken, preindication -- (an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God")