augur

Meaning of augur

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

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 augur

Hyphenation of augur

au-gur

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
  • augur is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

augur synonyms

Meaning auspex:

auspex

Meaning bode:

bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

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

herald

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

prophesy

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

Translation of augur

Words that rhyme with augur

inaugur

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