Definition for Foreshadow:

• To shadow or typiy beforehand; to prefigure.

Synonyms for Foreshadow:

• n.

  •
  • go before.
  •
  • foresight,
  • show.
  •bode (noun)
  • bode.
  •forecast (noun)
  • forecast.
  •forerunner (noun)
  • fore warnings,
  • fore-goer,
  • fore-warnings,
  • fore runner,
  • fore-runners,
  • pre cursor,
  • fore-warning,
  • fore goer,
  • fore-runner,
  • fore runners,
  • pre-monition,
  • pre-cursor,
  • pre monition,
  • fore goers,
  • pre-monitions,
  • pre monitions,
  • pre-cursors,
  • pre cursors,
  • foregoers,
  • fore-goers.
  •foreshadow (noun)
  • prefigure,
  • predict,
  • portend,
  • omen.
  •prefigure (noun)
  • imply.

• v.

  •augur (verb)
  • crystal balled,
  • hath a hunch,
  • be-spoke,
  • hast a hunch,
  • crystal-balls,
  • fore-shadow,
  • psyching out,
  • fore casting,
  • calling it,
  • fore shadow,
  • calls it,
  • fore-shadowing,
  • crystal-balling,
  • fore-casts,
  • fore-casting,
  • figures out,
  • fore shadowed,
  • fore cast,
  • has hunch,
  • crystal-balled,
  • called it,
  • be-spoken,
  • be speaking,
  • hath hunch,
  • be-speaking,
  • haddest a hunch,
  • psychs out,
  • be-speaks,
  • crystalball,
  • be spoken,
  • had hunch,
  • fore shadowing,
  • crystalballed,
  • be speaks,
  • hadst hunch,
  • be-spake,
  • hast hunch,
  • had a hunch,
  • be-speak,
  • fore casts,
  • be spake,
  • fore-cast,
  • fore shadows,
  • soothsaid,
  • be spoke,
  • fore-shadows,
  • having a hunch,
  • fore-shadowed,
  • crystalballs,
  • haddest hunch,
  • crystalballing,
  • be speak,
  • having hunch,
  • crystal balling,
  • hadst a hunch.
  •betoken (verb)
  • be tides,
  • be-tided,
  • be-tokened,
  • be-token,
  • be-tides,
  • be tiding,
  • be-tide,
  • be tided,
  • be-tiding,
  • be token,
  • be tokening,
  • be-tokening,
  • be-tokens,
  • be tokens,
  • be tokened,
  • be tide.
  •forebode (verb)
  • pre monishes,
  • fore bodes,
  • Premonishing,
  • fore bode,
  • fore tokens,
  • pre-monish,
  • fore warns,
  • fore-warned,
  • pre-monishes,
  • pre-monishing,
  • Premonished,
  • pre monish,
  • fore boded,
  • pre monishing,
  • fore seeing,
  • fore warned,
  • pre monished,
  • fore-warn,
  • fore seen,
  • fore tokening,
  • fore-see,
  • fore warn,
  • fore-seen,
  • fore-saw,
  • fore-token,
  • fore-warns,
  • fore token,
  • fore-bode,
  • fore boding,
  • premonishes,
  • fore-bodes,
  • fore sees,
  • fore-tokens,
  • pre-monished,
  • fore-boding,
  • fore tokened,
  • fore-sees,
  • fore-tokening,
  • fore-tokened,
  • fore saw,
  • fore-boded.
  •foreordain (verb)
  • foredooms,
  • pre-determined,
  • pre arranging,
  • re serving,
  • fore-ordains,
  • preforming,
  • pre arranges,
  • pre-determine,
  • pre-destining,
  • pre-arranged,
  • fore-ordaining,
  • pre formed,
  • pre-formed,
  • pre-forms,
  • pre-arranges,
  • prearranging,
  • pre-form,
  • fore-ordained,
  • pre forms,
  • pre-ordained,
  • pre destine,
  • fore doomed,
  • pre-ordains,
  • preforms,
  • pre arrange,
  • re serve,
  • pre ordained,
  • fore dooming,
  • pre forming,
  • fore-dooms,
  • fore dooms,
  • pre-destined,
  • pre determined,
  • fore ordaining,
  • pre-ordain,
  • pre-arrange,
  • re served,
  • fore-dooming,
  • pre destines,
  • re-serving,
  • pre destining,
  • pre-destine,
  • re-served,
  • destinating,
  • pre destined,
  • fore-ordain,
  • pre-arranging,
  • pre ordain,
  • pre determining,
  • fore ordain,
  • re-serve,
  • fore doom,
  • pre determines,
  • destinates,
  • pre form,
  • fore ordains,
  • fore-doomed,
  • fore-doom,
  • pre-determines,
  • pre-ordaining,
  • destinated,
  • pre-determining,
  • pre-destines,
  • pre ordains,
  • fore ordained,
  • pre determine,
  • re-serves,
  • pre-forming,
  • pre ordaining.
  •foretell (verb)
  • pro-claims,
  • pro claims,
  • doping out,
  • fore tell,
  • de clares,
  • pro claim,
  • crystalled ball it,
  • fore-tells,
  • fore-knows,
  • calls the shot,
  • seeing something coming,
  • pro claimed,
  • dis-close,
  • fore-telling,
  • called shot,
  • making book,
  • crystaled ball it,
  • crystaling ball it,
  • fore telling,
  • calls shot,
  • de clare,
  • doped out,
  • fore-known,
  • dis closed,
  • pro claiming,
  • fore told,
  • dis-closed,
  • dis-closing,
  • fore-knowing,
  • fore-know,
  • re-veal,
  • made book,
  • fore-knew,
  • dis close,
  • crystals ball it,
  • re veals,
  • dopes out,
  • sees coming,
  • re-veals,
  • saw coming,
  • auspicated,
  • fore tells,
  • auspicates,
  • calling the shot,
  • auspicating,
  • de-clares,
  • fore knows,
  • fore known,
  • pro-claiming,
  • dis closing,
  • crystalling ball it,
  • dis closes,
  • de-clare,
  • fore-tell,
  • makes book,
  • dis-closes,
  • sees something coming,
  • fore-told,
  • saw something coming,
  • call shot,
  • fore knowing,
  • calling shot,
  • seeing coming,
  • fore knew,
  • fore know,
  • called the shot.
  •hint (verb)
  • alluding to,
  • letting it be known,
  • co-axed,
  • in forming,
  • in sinuate,
  • in-sinuate,
  • jogging memory,
  • putting flea in ear,
  • re minding,
  • in sinuated,
  • lets out of bag,
  • in forms,
  • re calling,
  • lets out bag,
  • in-sinuates,
  • in-forms,
  • co axing,
  • said passing,
  • tips ones hand,
  • lets be known,
  • co-axing,
  • ex-posed,
  • re-called,
  • gives inkling,
  • in-forming,
  • re-mind,
  • tipped one hand,
  • tipped hand,
  • tip one hand,
  • tips one hand,
  • tipped one's hand,
  • re mind,
  • puts flea in ear,
  • say passing,
  • re-call,
  • gave inkling,
  • jogged memory,
  • lets it be known,
  • re minds,
  • tipped ones hand,
  • said in passing,
  • put flea ear,
  • letted out of bag,
  • let out bag,
  • tip ones hand,
  • re-minded,
  • touches on,
  • re-minds,
  • in sinuating,
  • tipping hand,
  • in sinuates,
  • letting out bag,
  • letted be known,
  • refers to,
  • ex posed,
  • tipping one hand,
  • re-calling,
  • letting be known,
  • jogs memory,
  • letting out of bag,
  • ex pose,
  • tips one's hand,
  • letted it be known,
  • puts flea ear,
  • saying in passing,
  • giving inkling,
  • alludes to,
  • tips hand,
  • says passing,
  • co axed,
  • give inkling,
  • in-sinuating,
  • tipping one's hand,
  • ex-posing,
  • in form,
  • re calls,
  • re-minding,
  • re-calls,
  • gave an inkling,
  • saying passing,
  • re minded,
  • gives an inkling,
  • tipping ones hand,
  • putting flea ear,
  • ex-pose,
  • says in passing,
  • letted out bag.
  •precede (verb)
  • Forerun,
  • introduce,
  • antedate,
  • anticipate,
  • trail-blaze,
  • head off,
  • antecede,
  • lead,
  • pioneer,
  • predate.
  •predate (verb)
  • pre-dating,
  • pre dated,
  • pre-dated,
  • pre date,
  • pre-date,
  • pre dating,
  • pre dates,
  • pre-dates.
  •predict (verb)
  • speculate,
  • reveal,
  • prophesy,
  • envision.
  •prefigure (verb)
  • pre-figuring,
  • pre figured,
  • pre-figured,
  • pre figure,
  • pre-figure,
  • pre figures,
  • pre figuring,
  • pre-figures.
  •presage (verb)
  • pre-indicates,
  • preindicating,
  • foreshows,
  • pre indicates,
  • fore showing,
  • fore showed,
  • pre-indicate,
  • preindicates,
  • fore-shows,
  • pre indicated,
  • pre sage,
  • fore shown,
  • fore-showed,
  • fore-show,
  • pre-indicated,
  • fore-showing,
  • fore shows,
  • pre-indicating,
  • pre indicate,
  • pre indicating,
  • fore show,
  • pre-sage,
  • foreshowed,
  • pre sages,
  • fore-shown,
  • pre-sages.
  •promise (verb)
  • seemed likely,
  • holds probability,
  • pro-mises,
  • pro-mise,
  • holding probability,
  • gave hope,
  • lead expect,
  • leading expect,
  • leads to expect,
  • holding out hope,
  • showed signs of,
  • led expect,
  • giving hope,
  • gives hope,
  • seeming likely,
  • led to expect,
  • pro mises,
  • leading to expect,
  • holds out hope,
  • held out hope,
  • leads expect,
  • pro mise,
  • shows signs of,
  • held probability.
  •threaten (verb)
  • are air,
  • were in the air,
  • is dangerous,
  • hung over,
  • wert air,
  • am air,
  • were gathering,
  • are gathering,
  • are the offing,
  • art horizon,
  • was horizon,
  • wast in the offing,
  • puts at risk,
  • art in offing,
  • art the offing,
  • are on horizon,
  • is horizon,
  • are in the air,
  • wast horizon,
  • was imminent,
  • being air,
  • brewinging,
  • is in offing,
  • being the offing,
  • art in air,
  • being the horizon,
  • wert gathering,
  • being gathering,
  • being in the offing,
  • puts jeopardy,
  • am horizon,
  • be in offing,
  • be in air,
  • was the offing,
  • was on the horizon,
  • art the air,
  • wert dangerous,
  • are in air,
  • wast dangerous,
  • being offing,
  • are dangerous,
  • putting in jeopardy,
  • wert imminent,
  • wast on horizon,
  • wert horizon,
  • are on the horizon,
  • is in the offing,
  • is air,
  • wast air,
  • being imminent,
  • am imminent,
  • wert offing,
  • wert the air,
  • was air,
  • art in the air,
  • being the air,
  • were in the offing,
  • was gathering,
  • be horizon,
  • wert in the air,
  • are in offing,
  • be the horizon,
  • were on horizon,
  • wast in air,
  • were air,
  • are the air,
  • be the air,
  • was on horizon,
  • was dangerous,
  • is in the air,
  • wast the air,
  • art dangerous,
  • wast in the air,
  • were the air,
  • am the horizon,
  • art gathering,
  • are in the offing,
  • was in the offing,
  • puts risk,
  • was the air,
  • were in air,
  • art in the offing,
  • over hangs,
  • being on horizon,
  • is the air,
  • was the horizon,
  • being horizon,
  • hangs over,
  • puts in jeopardy,
  • be air,
  • is imminent,
  • being in the air,
  • am on the horizon,
  • is in air,
  • putting at risk,
  • were dangerous,
  • is the offing,
  • am dangerous,
  • being in air,
  • putting jeopardy,
  • wast the offing,
  • is offing,
  • was offing,
  • wast on the horizon,
  • am offing,
  • am the air,
  • were on the horizon,
  • was in the air,
  • wast the horizon,
  • are horizon,
  • were the offing,
  • wast gathering,
  • were the horizon,
  • being dangerous,
  • wert on horizon,
  • were offing,
  • putting risk,
  • wert in the offing,
  • wast in offing,
  • be on horizon,
  • is on horizon,
  • were horizon,
  • are the horizon,
  • art the horizon,
  • am on horizon,
  • wert in offing,
  • wert the offing,
  • art imminent,
  • am in air,
  • put risk,
  • wast offing,
  • brewings,
  • am the offing,
  • was in offing,
  • were imminent,
  • wert in air,
  • wert the horizon,
  • was in air,
  • are imminent,
  • being on the horizon,
  • over-hanging,
  • is on the horizon,
  • hanged over,
  • wert on the horizon,
  • brewinged,
  • being in offing,
  • wast imminent,
  • be offing,
  • is gathering,
  • be the offing,
  • put jeopardy,
  • are offing,
  • is the horizon,
  • art air,
  • were in offing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • adumbrate,
  • lead up to.
  •augur
  • have a hunch,
  • call it,
  • psych out,
  • crystal-ball,
  • figure out,
  • Harbingered,
  • has a hunch,
  • have hunch,
  • soothsays,
  • Harbingering,
  • Soothsay,
  • psyched out,
  • herald,
  • call shots,
  • figuring out,
  • figured out,
  • foreshadowed,
  • signify.
  •endanger
  • threaten.
  •foreordain
  • prearranges,
  • preform,
  • foreordain,
  • prearrange,
  • foredooming,
  • prearranged,
  • foredoom,
  • Destinate,
  • foredoomed,
  • preformed.
  •hint
  • winking,
  • tip one's hand,
  • refer to,
  • tips off,
  • tip hand,
  • give an inkling,
  • touch on,
  • cuing,
  • tipped off,
  • let out of bag,
  • Winked,
  • referred to,
  • let be known,
  • put flea in ear,
  • CUED,
  • referring to,
  • let it be known,
  • say in passing,
  • tip off,
  • giving an inkling,
  • remind,
  • alluded to,
  • touched on,
  • allude to,
  • tipping off,
  • touching on,
  • jog memory.
  •precede
  • timing,
  • have a head start,
  • pre-existing,
  • foreruns,
  • pre-exist,
  • pave the way,
  • going before,
  • timed,
  • go in advance,
  • anteceding,
  • outranks,
  • preexisting,
  • be ahead of,
  • outranking,
  • light the way,
  • in space,
  • come first,
  • outrank,
  • ring in,
  • outranked,
  • headed up,
  • antecedes,
  • run ahead,
  • anteceded,
  • forerunning,
  • heads up,
  • take precedence,
  • preexist,
  • Foreran,
  • head up.
  •prognosticate
  • see coming.
  •promise
  • show signs of,
  • give hope,
  • seem likely,
  • hold out hope,
  • lead to expect,
  • hold probability,
  • showing signs of,
  • seems likely.
  •threaten
  • be on the horizon,
  • be gathering,
  • put at risk,
  • put in jeopardy,
  • hanging over,
  • be dangerous,
  • hang over,
  • be imminent,
  • be in the air,
  • be in the offing.

Paraphrases for Foreshadow:

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    suggest, promise.

Foreshadow Sentence Examples:

• What might be his fate should the wealth of the Lovels become the wealth of his intended wife, he did not yet quite foreshadow to himself.

• The face of Edgar was made to wear that haunted look which, - as in the countenance of Charles the First, in Vandyke's portraits, - may be supposed, and often has been supposed, to foreshadow a violent and dreadful death.