forerun
Come ahead of
Forerun means to come before as a sign or precursor: Dark clouds foreran the storm.
The word is rare and literary, largely displaced by foreshadow or precede.
A forerunner—more common than the verb—is someone or something that comes before and signals what follows: The Model T was a forerunner of the modern automobile.
One who foreshadows
- precursorSomething that comes first
- heraldOfficial news announcer
- vanguardForemost position or group
- advanceMove or progress forward
scout · messenger · announcer · usher · outrider · pathfinder · trailblazer · lead
First to forge ahead
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- vanguardForemost position or group
explorer · frontrunner · originator · initiator · founder · leader · first-mover · pacesetter
Indicate future events
- prefigureIndicate in advance
- presageIndicate beforehand
- foretellPredict future events
- predictDeclare future outcomes
portend · herald · augur · bode · adumbrate · prognosticate · forewarn · signal
Prophetic indicator
- signMark conveying information
- presageIndicate beforehand
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- foreshadowingHinting at later events
foretoken · forewarning · warning · indication · signal · auspice · prognostic · foreboding
harbinger
One who foreshadows
advance · scout · messenger · announcer · usher · outrider · pathfinder · trailblazer · lead · prelude
trailblazer
First to forge ahead
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- groundbreakerInnovator, first to act
- innovatorCreator of new methods
vanguard · explorer · frontrunner · originator · initiator · founder · leader · first-mover · pacesetter · trendsetter
foreshadow
Indicate future events
predict · portend · herald · augur · bode · adumbrate · prognosticate · forewarn · signal
omen
Prophetic indicator
foreshadowing · foretoken · forewarning · warning · indication · signal · auspice · prognostic · foreboding · premonition