augurs

Meaning of augurs

verb, 3rd person present
  1. (of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome.
    the end of the cold war seemed to augur well

plural noun

(in ancient Rome) a religious official who observed natural signs, especially the behaviour of birds, interpreting these as an indication of divine approval or disapproval of a proposed action.

late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin, ‘diviner’.

Information about augurs

  • The singular form of augurs is: augur.
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Hyphenation of augurs

au-gurs

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • augurs is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

augurs synonyms

Meaning be a portent of a particular outcome:

bode

Meaning be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen:

portend

Meaning be a sign that (something) is about to happen:

herald

Meaning be a warning or indication of (a future event):

foreshadow, betoken

Meaning be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one):

presage

Meaning point out; show:

indicate

Meaning be an indication of:

signify

Meaning convey information or instructions by means of a gesture, action, or sound:

signal

Meaning give good grounds for expecting (a particular occurrence):

promise

Meaning seem likely to produce an unpleasant or unwelcome result:

threaten

Meaning mean or have as a result:

spell

Meaning be a sign of; indicate:

denote

Meaning predict (the future or a future event):

foretell

Meaning predict or estimate (a future event or trend):

forecast

Meaning say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something:

predict

Meaning say that (a specified thing) will happen in the future:

prophesy

Meaning foretell or prophesy (a future event):

prognosticate

Meaning of or like God or a god:

divine, diviner

Meaning be aware of beforehand; predict:

foresee

Meaning be a sign of (something to come):

foretoken

Meaning (of a situation or occurrence) act as an advance warning of (something bad):

forebode

Meaning a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another:

harbinger

Meaning give warning or promise of; foretell:

foreshow

Meaning predict; foretell:

spae

Meaning foretell the future:

vaticinate

Meaning a person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future:

seer

Meaning a person supposed to be able to foresee the future:

soothsayer

Meaning a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact:

clairvoyant

Meaning a person considered or claiming to have psychic powers; a medium:

psychic

Meaning a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like:

visionary

Meaning a person who foretells or prophesies a future event:

prognosticator

Meaning a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God:

prophet

Meaning a female prophet:

prophetess

Meaning a place at which divine advice or prophecy was sought:

oracle

Meaning a woman in ancient times who was thought to utter the prophecies of a god:

sibyl

Meaning an aromatic plant whose greyish-green leaves are used as a culinary herb, native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean:

sage

Meaning a woman who is believed to be able to predict the future:

spaewife

Meaning a man supposed to be able to foresee the future; a soothsayer:

spaeman

Meaning a person who foretells the future:

vaticinator

Meaning (in ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals:

haruspex

Words that rhyme with augurs

gurs, regurs, muggurs, Uigurs, bulgurs, langurs, Uygurs

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