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Foretell (Verb)

Meaning 1

Foreshadow or presage.

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Announce
  • Annunciate
  • Harbinger
  • Herald

Hypernyms

  • Tell

Meaning 2

Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Predict
  • Promise
  • Call
  • Prognosticate
  • Forebode
  • Anticipate

Hypernyms

  • Pretend
  • Guess
  • Hazard

Hyponyms

  • Augur
  • Second-guess
  • Bet
  • Prophesy
  • Read
  • Forecast

Related Words

  • Foretelling (noun)

Meaning 3

Indicate, as with a sign or an omen; "These signs bode bad news".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Omen
  • Augur
  • Predict
  • Portend
  • Prefigure
  • Auspicate
  • Bode
  • Betoken
  • Presage
  • Prognosticate
  • Forecast
  • Foreshadow

Hypernyms

  • Point
  • Indicate
  • Betoken
  • Signal
  • Bespeak

Hyponyms

  • Threaten
  • Foreshow
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