augurs
Meaning of augurs
verb, 3rd person present
- (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.
- Languages in which augurs is used:
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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:
Meaning be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen:
Meaning be a sign that (something) is about to happen:
Meaning be a warning or indication of (a future event):
Meaning be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one):
Meaning point out; show:
Meaning be an indication of:
Meaning convey information or instructions by means of a gesture, action, or sound:
Meaning give good grounds for expecting (a particular occurrence):
Meaning seem likely to produce an unpleasant or unwelcome result:
Meaning mean or have as a result:
Meaning be a sign of; indicate:
Meaning predict (the future or a future event):
Meaning predict or estimate (a future event or trend):
Meaning say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something:
Meaning say that (a specified thing) will happen in the future:
Meaning foretell or prophesy (a future event):
Meaning of or like God or a god:
Meaning be aware of beforehand; predict:
Meaning be a sign of (something to come):
Meaning (of a situation or occurrence) act as an advance warning of (something bad):
Meaning a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another:
Meaning give warning or promise of; foretell:
Meaning predict; foretell:
Meaning foretell the future:
Meaning a person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future:
Meaning a person supposed to be able to foresee the future:
Meaning a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact:
Meaning a person considered or claiming to have psychic powers; a medium:
Meaning a person with original ideas about what the future will or could be like:
Meaning a person who foretells or prophesies a future event:
Meaning a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God:
Meaning a female prophet:
Meaning a place at which divine advice or prophecy was sought:
Meaning a woman in ancient times who was thought to utter the prophecies of a god:
Meaning an aromatic plant whose greyish-green leaves are used as a culinary herb, native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean:
Meaning a woman who is believed to be able to predict the future:
Meaning a man supposed to be able to foresee the future; a soothsayer:
Meaning a person who foretells the future:
Meaning (in ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals:
Words that rhyme with augurs
gurs, regurs, muggurs, Uigurs, bulgurs, langurs, Uygurs
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