Foreshadow synonyms

fôr-shăd'ō

foresight (related)

To give an indication of something in advance

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foretell (related)

To tell, announce, or indicate beforehand; prophesy; predict

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show (related)

(Slang) To make an appearance; show up:

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(Intransitive) To give warning.

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Portend is defined as to be a warning or signal of.

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To serve as a prediction or prophecy of

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The definition of adumbrate is to suggest beforehand or to vaguely foreshadow.

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To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand (often used in a Biblical context)

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To mention as something to think over, act on, etc.; bring to the mind for consideration

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To predict according to present indications or signs; foretell.

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(Archaic) To predict; foretell.

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To foretell or predict.

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To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue.

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To be an omen of.

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To be a prophetic sign or omen of; foreshadow

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To foreshow; to foretoken.

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Signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.

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To say in advance (what one believes will happen); foretell (a future event or events)

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hint at (related)

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To express or state indirectly:

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To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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To precede as an indication of what is to follow; foreshadow.

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Find another word for foreshadow. In this page you can discover 23 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for foreshadow, like: foresight, foretell, show, warn, portend, forecast, adumbrate, prefigure, suggest, prognosticate and bode.