Definition for Harbinger:

• One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings.

Synonyms for Harbinger:

• n.

  •
  • litmus test,
  • tip off,
  • preview.
  •
  • foresight,
  • show.
  •announce (noun)
  • announce.
  •annunciate (noun)
  • annunciate.
  •augur (noun)
  • forecaster,
  • seer.
  •augury (noun)
  • fore warnings,
  • bodings,
  • fore warning,
  • fore-tokens,
  • fore tokens,
  • fore-warning,
  • fore token,
  • fore-warnings,
  • fore-token.
  •communication (noun)
  • harbinger,
  • predecessor.
  •forerunner (noun)
  • signal.
  •foretell (noun)
  • foretell.
  •herald (noun)
  • out-rider,
  • out riders,
  • out-riders,
  • re-porters,
  • re-porter,
  • re porter,
  • out rider,
  • re porters.
  •portent (noun)
  • fore-shadowings,
  • pre sentiments,
  • fore shadowings,
  • pre-sentiment,
  • handwriting the wall,
  • pre-sentiments,
  • sinking feelings,
  • fore-shadowing,
  • handwriting wall,
  • fore shadowing.
  •precursor (noun)
  • mother,
  • pioneer,
  • avant-garde,
  • founder,
  • ancestor,
  • originator,
  • precedent,
  • trailblazer,
  • scout,
  • prototype,
  • antecedent.
  •presage (noun)
  • pre-sage,
  • mis-giving,
  • pre-notions,
  • pre-notion,
  • pre-sages,
  • mis giving,
  • pre notions,
  • pre sage,
  • prenotions,
  • apprehensivenesses,
  • pre notion,
  • pre sages.
  •presager (noun)
  • fore shadower,
  • fore-shadower,
  • fore bears,
  • fore-shadowers,
  • fore shadowers,
  • pre sager,
  • pre-sager,
  • fore-bears,
  • fore-bear,
  • fore bear.
  •sign (noun)
  • fore-knowledge,
  • fore knowledge,
  • pre-dictions,
  • fore knowledges,
  • pre dictions,
  • fore-knowledges,
  • pre-diction.
  •sign of things to come (noun)
  • pre-indications,
  • danger signs,
  • warning signs,
  • sign of things come,
  • pre indications,
  • sign things come,
  • pre indication,
  • sign things to come,
  • preindications.
  •stormy petrel (noun)
  • raven,
  • ravens,
  • storm petrel.
  •straw in the wind (noun)
  • straw the wind,
  • sign of times,
  • straw in wind,
  • slight hints,
  • straw wind,
  • sign of time,
  • sign the times,
  • sign time,
  • straw-wind,
  • sign of the time,
  • sign the time,
  • sign times.

• v.

  •announce (verb)
  • fore tell,
  • fore boded,
  • pre-dict,
  • fore-bode,
  • fore bodes,
  • fore show,
  • fore casts,
  • fore runs,
  • fore told,
  • fore tells,
  • fore-showing,
  • fore bode,
  • fore-bodes,
  • fore-tells,
  • fore-runs,
  • fore shows,
  • fore-telling,
  • fore-showed,
  • fore-boded,
  • fore running,
  • fore-cast,
  • fore-casting,
  • fore-tell,
  • fore cast,
  • foreshows,
  • fore-running,
  • fore showed,
  • fore-run,
  • fore casting,
  • fore-show,
  • fore-told,
  • foreruning,
  • fore shown,
  • fore-shows,
  • fore-shown,
  • pre dict,
  • fore run,
  • fore telling,
  • fore-casts,
  • fore showing,
  • foreshowed.
  •augur (verb)
  • fore shadows,
  • pro mise,
  • psychs out,
  • pro mises,
  • be-speaks,
  • fore-shadows,
  • crystal-balls,
  • crystalball,
  • hast a hunch,
  • having hunch,
  • calling it,
  • hast hunch,
  • pro-mises,
  • be-spoke,
  • be spoke,
  • soothsaid,
  • be spoken,
  • had a hunch,
  • crystal balling,
  • fore-shadowed,
  • be-spake,
  • fore shadow,
  • hadst a hunch,
  • called it,
  • haddest hunch,
  • psyching out,
  • has hunch,
  • crystal-balled,
  • hadst hunch,
  • fore-shadow,
  • calls it,
  • crystalballed,
  • be speak,
  • had hunch,
  • be-spoken,
  • be-speaking,
  • fore shadowed,
  • figures out,
  • be speaking,
  • crystal-balling,
  • haddest a hunch,
  • pro-mise,
  • be-speak,
  • hath a hunch,
  • having a hunch,
  • crystalballing,
  • be speaks,
  • be spake,
  • crystalballs,
  • hath hunch,
  • crystal balled.
  •herald (verb)
  • paving the way,
  • pro claim,
  • pro claimed,
  • preindicating,
  • pro-claims,
  • paved way,
  • pre-indicated,
  • pre indicates,
  • pre indicating,
  • paves way,
  • de-clare,
  • paves the way,
  • ushered in,
  • pre-indicate,
  • pre indicate,
  • paved the way,
  • pro claiming,
  • fore-tokened,
  • de clare,
  • fore-tokening,
  • pre-indicating,
  • pro claims,
  • fore tokened,
  • pro-claiming,
  • paving way,
  • preindicates,
  • pre indicated,
  • de clares,
  • pave way,
  • fore tokening,
  • pre-indicates,
  • de-clares.
  •portend (verb)
  • being cards,
  • sees coming,
  • fore warn,
  • wert the cards,
  • art the cards,
  • were the cards,
  • wast in cards,
  • wast the cards,
  • are cards,
  • Premonished,
  • am the cards,
  • be tokened,
  • is cards,
  • being the cards,
  • are in the cards,
  • be tokens,
  • was in the cards,
  • is the cards,
  • were in the cards,
  • am cards,
  • wert in the cards,
  • are in cards,
  • were cards,
  • pre-monishing,
  • fore warns,
  • was in cards,
  • pre monishing,
  • is in cards,
  • be the cards,
  • premonishes,
  • were in cards,
  • wast cards,
  • art cards,
  • wert cards,
  • was cards,
  • wert in cards,
  • be-token,
  • saw coming,
  • be-tokening,
  • are the cards,
  • was the cards,
  • pre monished,
  • art in the cards,
  • warned of,
  • pre-monish,
  • seeing coming,
  • pre monish,
  • being in cards,
  • pre monishes,
  • fore-warn,
  • Premonishing,
  • pre-monishes,
  • fore warned,
  • be-tokens,
  • am in cards,
  • warns of,
  • be token,
  • be-tokened,
  • be in cards,
  • is in the cards,
  • pre-monished,
  • warning of,
  • be tokening,
  • points to,
  • wast in the cards,
  • art in cards,
  • be cards,
  • being in the cards,
  • fore-warns.
  •precede (verb)
  • ante cede,
  • pre-ceding,
  • out rank,
  • ante-ceding,
  • ante ceded,
  • wast ahead of,
  • ante ceding,
  • pre-exists,
  • comes first,
  • ante-dating,
  • were ahead of,
  • out-ranking,
  • out-rank,
  • ins space,
  • pre-existed,
  • preexists,
  • are ahead of,
  • has head start,
  • goes advance,
  • went advance,
  • lights the way,
  • pre cedes,
  • lights way,
  • hast head start,
  • having a head start,
  • haddest head start,
  • pre exists,
  • ante dating,
  • inned space,
  • pre-cedes,
  • ante dates,
  • having head start,
  • pre-ceded,
  • lighting way,
  • ante-dated,
  • lit way,
  • is ahead of,
  • goes before,
  • out ranks,
  • pre ceding,
  • ran ahead,
  • ante-cedes,
  • ringed in,
  • took precedence,
  • went in advance,
  • ante-dates,
  • lighting the way,
  • had a head start,
  • hadst a head start,
  • inning space,
  • went before,
  • running ahead,
  • light way,
  • runs ahead,
  • heading up,
  • going in advance,
  • ante-date,
  • hath a head start,
  • rang in,
  • going advance,
  • am ahead of,
  • was ahead of,
  • ante cedes,
  • have head start,
  • taking precedence,
  • coming first,
  • art ahead of,
  • out ranked,
  • wert ahead of,
  • rings in,
  • hath head start,
  • pre cede,
  • pre exist,
  • Preexisted,
  • out ranking,
  • being ahead of,
  • out-ranked,
  • pre-cede,
  • takes precedence,
  • ante dated,
  • has a head start,
  • goes in advance,
  • ante date,
  • hast a head start,
  • ringing in,
  • out-ranks,
  • pre existing,
  • had head start,
  • lighted way,
  • pre-facing,
  • go advance,
  • came first,
  • ante-ceded,
  • pre ceded,
  • pre existed,
  • lit the way,
  • lighted the way,
  • haddest a head start,
  • hadst head start,
  • ante-cede.
  •predate (verb)
  • pre dating,
  • pre dated,
  • pre-date,
  • pre-dating,
  • pre-dates,
  • pre dates,
  • pre date,
  • pre-dated.
  •presage (verb)
  • fore seen,
  • fore seeing,
  • fore sees,
  • fore-seen,
  • fore-see,
  • fore-sees,
  • fore saw,
  • fore-saw.
  •prognosticate (verb)
  • made book,
  • making book,
  • makes book.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Presager.
  •augur
  • foreshadowed,
  • figured out,
  • crystal-ball,
  • psych out,
  • have hunch,
  • has a hunch,
  • Soothsay,
  • figure out,
  • call it,
  • have a hunch,
  • psyched out,
  • soothsays,
  • figuring out,
  • call shots.
  •precede
  • outranks,
  • pre-exist,
  • preexisting,
  • timing,
  • outranking,
  • preexist,
  • outranked,
  • pre-existing,
  • be ahead of,
  • antecedes,
  • outrank,
  • light the way,
  • ring in,
  • anteceded,
  • predate,
  • take precedence,
  • head up,
  • heads up,
  • antecede,
  • in space,
  • run ahead,
  • anteceding,
  • going before,
  • headed up,
  • go before,
  • come first,
  • timed,
  • have a head start,
  • go in advance.
  •prognosticate
  • make book.

Paraphrases for Harbinger:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    precursor.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    forerunner, courier, prelude, announcement.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    omen, portent, foretaste, messenger, herald, pioneer, sign.

Harbinger Sentence Examples:

• Harbinger expressed the opinion that the editor ought to be kicked.

• Copernicus was not the man to let the grass grow under his feet, and he had set off that morning with his letter of introduction to seek Sir Percevall Hart, the Queen's knight harbinger.

Hyponym for Harbinger:

• n.

  • communication
    indicant, indication.