forewarner
One who cautions
A forewarner is someone or something that gives advance notice of danger, trouble, or an impending event.
The term applies to people who alert others to coming problems, but also to signs, symptoms, or phenomena that serve as early indicators: The economist was a forewarner of the financial crisis.
Some view certain bird behaviors as forewarners of earthquakes.
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- signMark conveying information
- foreshadowingHinting at later events
presage · foreboding · augury · foretoken · auspice · foretelling · omen · herald
Divinely inspired messenger
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- divinerOne who foretells events
- clairvoyantOne who perceives beyond senses
sibyl · augur · prognosticator · visionary · mystic · psychic · medium · shaman
Urgent warning signal
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- notificationFormal notice given
- advisoryNotice recommending action
- cautionCareful attention to risk
heads-up · tipoff · advance notice · wake-up call · red alert · precaution · watchword · sentinel
portent
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- signMark conveying information
foreshadowing · presage · foreboding · augury · foretoken · auspice · foretelling · omen · herald · prognostication
prophet
Divinely inspired messenger
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- divinerOne who foretells events
clairvoyant · sibyl · augur · prognosticator · visionary · mystic · psychic · medium · shaman · sage
alarm
Urgent warning signal
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- notificationFormal notice given
- advisoryNotice recommending action
caution · heads-up · tipoff · advance notice · wake-up call · red alert · precaution · watchword · sentinel · lookout
forewarnerafterthought
Idea added belatedly
Monday morning quarterback · chronicler · historian · obituarist · eulogist
forewarnerconcealer
Cosmetic for hiding flaws
ambusher · blindsider · deceiver · misleader · obfuscator
- forewarned is forearmedKnowing ahead lets you prepare