ADUMBRATE Synonyms

• be a signal for or a symptom of

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

• predict in advance

• judge to be probable

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• foreshadow or presage

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• (formal) a person who announces important news

• something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

• foreshadow or presage

• praise vociferously

• greet enthusiastically or joyfully

• be a signal for or a symptom of

• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

• to state or express briefly

• give evidence of

• suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• imagine or consider beforehand

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• a foreboding about what is about to happen

• a sign of something about to happen

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

• deliver a sermon

• denote or connote

• convey or express a meaning

• make known with a word or signal

• introduce or insert (oneself) in a subtle manner

• give to understand

• someone to whom private matters are confided

• marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity

• concerning things deeply private and personal

• having or fostering a warm or friendly and informal atmosphere

• having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship

• used euphemistically to refer to the genitals

• involved in a sexual relationship

• innermost or essential

• thoroughly acquainted through study or experience

• give to understand

• imply as a possibility

• the line that appears to bound an object

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• a schematic or preliminary plan

• describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

• draw up an outline or sketch for something

• trace the shape of

• preliminary drawing for later elaboration

• a brief literary description

• short descriptive summary (of events)

• a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

• make a sketch of

• describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of