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PREFIGURE Synonyms

There are 19 synonyms of the word prefigure. (exact relations)
There are 9 hypernyms of the word prefigure. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for PREFIGURE

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foreshadow
verbv
verb

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

portend
verbv
verb

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

presage
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a foreboding about what is about to happen

• a sign of something about to happen

verb

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

augur
verb, nounv, n
noun

• (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

verb

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• predict from an omen

forecast
verb, nounv, n
noun

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

verb

• predict in advance

• judge to be probable

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

predict
verbv
verb

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

anticipate
verbv
verb

• regard something as probable or likely

• act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

• realize beforehand

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• be excited or anxious about

• be a forerunner of or occur earlier than

forebode
verbv
verb

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

foretoken
nounn
noun

• an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

herald
verb, nounv, n
noun

• (formal) a person who announces important news

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

verb

• foreshadow or presage

• praise vociferously

• greet enthusiastically or joyfully

indicate
verbv
verb

• 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

prophesy
verb, nounv, n
verb

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

• deliver a sermon

announce
verbv
verb

• make known; make an announcement

• announce publicly or officially

• give the names of

• foreshadow or presage

auspicate
verbv
verb

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

• commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck

betoken
verbv
verb

• be a signal for or a symptom of

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

bode
verbv
verb

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

foretell
verbv
verb

• foreshadow or presage

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

omen
nounn
noun

• a sign of something about to happen

verb

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

prognosticate
verbv
verb

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• indicate, as with a sign or an omen

Best Hypernyms For PREFIGURE

Here is a list of related hypernyms for prefigure, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (8)
bespeak betoken envisage ideate imagine indicate point signal
Phrases (1)
conceive of

Alternatives for FORESHADOW

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