portend
Warn of ahead
Portend means to serve as a warning or sign of something to come, usually something momentous or ominous: Dark clouds portend a storm, The economic indicators portend a recession.
The word carries a sense of foreboding—what is portended is rarely good news.
Related forms include portent (the sign itself) and portentous (ominous or self-importantly solemn).
Official news announcer
- precursorSomething that comes first
- prefigureIndicate in advance
- adumbrateSuggest in outline
- anticipateExpect beforehand
foresee · foretoken · intimation · hint · signal · indication · prelude · preview
One who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- prognosticRelating to forecasts
auspice · prodigy · sign · foretoken · ill omen · bad omen · good omen · warning sign
Prediction of future conditions
- prognosticateForetell future events
- foretellPredict future events
- augurOne who reads omens
- divineOf or from gods
presage · bode · extrapolate · project · envision · anticipate · soothsay · see coming
Careful attention to risk
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- admonitionMild verbal correction
- red flagIndicator of danger
threat · menace · forewarning · premonition · forebode · dark clouds · storm brewing · writing on the wall
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
prophecy · clairvoyance · prognostication · foretelling · revelation · vision · apocalyptic · eschatology
Predetermined course of events
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- inevitabilityQuality of being unavoidable
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
kismet · nemesis · lot · fortune · inescapable · sealed fate · awaiting · looming
herald
Official news announcer
anticipate · foresee · foretoken · intimation · hint · signal · indication · prelude · preview · presaging
harbinger
One who foreshadows
- presageIndicate beforehand
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
prognostic · auspice · prodigy · sign · foretoken · ill omen · bad omen · good omen · warning sign · ominous sign
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- prognosticateForetell future events
- foretellPredict future events
- augurOne who reads omens
divine · presage · bode · extrapolate · project · envision · anticipate · soothsay · see coming · crystal ball
caution
Careful attention to risk
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- admonitionMild verbal correction
red flag · threat · menace · forewarning · premonition · forebode · dark clouds · storm brewing · writing on the wall
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
divination · prophecy · clairvoyance · prognostication · foretelling · revelation · vision · apocalyptic · eschatology · prophesy
destiny
Predetermined course of events
- doomUnavoidable grim fate
- providenceDivine protective care
- inevitabilityQuality of being unavoidable
predestination · kismet · nemesis · lot · fortune · inescapable · sealed fate · awaiting · looming
- foretellingpredict, prophesy, foretell, foresee, forecast
- intimidationthreats, threatening, menacing, intimidate, bullying
- showingshow, displaying, display, exhibiting, demonstrate
portendconfirm
Validate as true
verify · prove · establish · demonstrate · document
portent, portentous, portentously, portents, portends, portending, portended, portentousness