Herald
Meaning of Herald
noun
- an official employed to oversee state ceremonial, precedence, and the use of armorial bearings, and (historically) to make proclamations, carry official messages, and oversee tournaments.
- a person or thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen.
they considered the first primroses as the herald of spring
- a brown moth with dull orange markings, often hibernating in houses and old buildings.
- be a sign that (something) is about to happen.
the speech heralded a change in policy
Middle English: from Old French herault (noun), herauder (verb), of Germanic origin.
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Hyphenation of Herald
Her-ald
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Herald is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Herald synonyms
Meaning trumpeter:
Meaning harbinger:
harbinger, forerunner, precursor
Meaning announce:
announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell
Meaning acclaim:
Meaning hail:
Meaning a person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages:
Meaning a company or employee of a company that transports commercial packages and documents:
Meaning a person who announces something, in particular someone who introduces or gives information about programmes on radio or television:
Meaning short for town crier:
Meaning an object, quality, or event whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else:
Meaning a thing that indicates the state or level of something:
Meaning a sign or piece of information that indicates something:
Meaning a gesture, action, or sound that is used to convey information or instructions, typically by prearrangement between the parties concerned:
Meaning an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important:
Meaning a sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen:
Meaning an event regarded as a portent of good or evil:
Meaning a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen:
Meaning an advance warning:
Meaning an omen or portent:
Meaning a person who shows people to their seats, especially in a cinema or theatre or at a wedding:
Meaning a sign of something to come:
Meaning point out; show:
Meaning mean or have as a result:
Meaning (of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome:
Meaning be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen:
Meaning give good grounds for expecting (a particular occurrence):
Meaning be an early indication or version of (something):
Meaning be a warning or indication of (a future event):
Meaning come before (something) in time:
Meaning (of a situation or occurrence) act as an advance warning of (something bad):
Anagrams of Herald
Words that rhyme with Herald
Garald, Harald, Emerald, FitzGerald, Fitzgerald, Gerald, Jerald, coherald, emerald, gerald, herald, Gerrald
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