augur

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of AUGUR

to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome <the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school>

Synonyms augur, forebode (also forbode), promise

to tell of or describe beforehand <the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me>

Synonyms augur, call, forecast, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, read, vaticinate

Related Words alert, caution, forewarn, warn; bode, forebode (also forbode), portend, promise; anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee; announce, declare, herald, proclaim

Near Antonyms describe, narrate, recite, recount, relate, report, tell

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