betokens
Gives advance indication
Betokens means serves as a sign or indication of something.
The word is literary and somewhat formal, suggesting that one thing signals or portends another: Dark clouds betoken an approaching storm.
Her silence betokens disapproval.
The verb implies that the sign is meaningful or ominous rather than merely coincidental.
Indicates what's coming
- presagesIndicates in advance
- foretellsPredicts future events
- harbingersSignals of what's ahead
- augursForetells or predicts
forewarns · predicts · prefigures · forebodes · adumbrates · foreordains · anticipates · forecasts
Expresses or represents meaning
- denotesIndicates or represents
- signalsConveyed indications
- suggestsConveys indirectly
- impliesConveys indirectly
conveys · expresses · represents · communicates · manifests · evidences · reveals · demonstrates
Omen interpretation practice
- portentSign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- auspiceProphetic token or portent
- presageIndicate beforehand
oracle · prophecy · divination · prognostication · sign · warning · premonition · foreboding
Stands for abstractly
- typifiesRepresents a class perfectly
- representsStands in for
- personifiesRepresents as human
- embodiesManifests in form
epitomizes · stands for · allegorizes · exemplifies · incarnates · objectifies · figures · ensigns
portends
Indicates what's coming
- presagesIndicates in advance
- foretellsPredicts future events
- harbingersSignals of what's ahead
augurs · forewarns · predicts · prefigures · forebodes · adumbrates · foreordains · anticipates · forecasts · prognosticates
signifies
Expresses or represents meaning
implies · conveys · expresses · represents · communicates · manifests · evidences · reveals · demonstrates · attests
augury
Omen interpretation practice
presage · oracle · prophecy · divination · prognostication · sign · warning · premonition · foreboding · indication
symbolizes
Stands for abstractly
- typifiesRepresents a class perfectly
- representsStands in for
- personifiesRepresents as human
embodies · epitomizes · stands for · allegorizes · exemplifies · incarnates · objectifies · figures · ensigns · badges
betokensdeclares
States openly and firmly
announces · proclaims · asserts · spells out · verbalizes