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

2 senses of presage

Sense 1
presage -- (a foreboding about what is about to happen)
       => foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding -- (a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case")

Sense 2
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")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb presage

1 sense of presage

Sense 1
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict -- (indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news")
       => bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal -- (be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued")

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