Synonyms of augurs

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noun

plural of augur

as in diviners

one who predicts future events or developments

ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diviners
• prophets
• forecasters
• sibyls
• soothsayers
• oracles
• seers
• mystics
• prognosticators
• fortune-tellers
• foretellers
• futurists
• foreseers
• visionaries
• prophesiers
• prophetesses
• astrologers
• palmists
• Cassandras
• wisewomen
• doomsayers
• crystal gazers
• Jeremiahs
• doomsdayers
• rhabdomancers

augurs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of augur

1

as in promises

to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome

the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• promises
• bodes
• forebodes
• predicts
• bids fair
• forbodes
• presages
• foretells
• portends
• prognosticates
• warns
• prophesies
• foresees
• forecasts
• foreshadows
• betokens
• forewarns
• indicates
• prefigures
• anticipates
• divines
• implies
• hints
• foreknows
• alludes
• harbingers
• connotes
• suggests
• intimates
• signifies
• presignifies
• insinuates

2

as in predicts

to tell of or describe beforehand

the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• predicts
• reads
• presages
• foretells
• anticipates
• warns
• forecasts
• prophesies
• announces
• prognosticates
• calls
• bodes
• portends
• promises
• foresees
• forebodes
• vaticinates
• forewarns
• cautions
• alerts
• declares
• heralds
• proclaims
• divines
• forbodes
• foreknows

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• describes
• relates
• tells
• reports
• recounts
• recites
• narrates