Synonyms for harbinger
ˈhɑr bɪn dʒərhar·bin·ger

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.2 / 5 votes

1. harbingernoun

   Synonyms:
   herald, premonition, prophet, omen, sign, signal

2. harbingerverb

   To announce; to be a harbinger of.

   Synonyms:
   herald, premonition, omen, prophet, signal, sign

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 16 votes

1. harbinger

   Synonyms:
   announcer, herald, precursor, forerunner

   Antonyms:
   reporter, narrator, relator, historian, follower, attendant

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.6 / 12 votes

1. harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursorverb

   something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

   Synonyms:
   precursor, predecessor, trumpeter, forerunner, antecedent, herald

2. announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, heraldverb

   foreshadow or presage

   Synonyms:
   predict, herald, hail, betoken, announce, augur, annunciate, bode, portend, omen, acclaim, prefigure, call, prognosticate, anticipate, foreshadow, foretell, forebode, forecast, declare, promise, auspicate, denote, presage

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. harbingernoun

   Synonyms:
   forerunner, precursor, herald

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. harbingernoun

   Synonyms:
   forerunner, precursor, herald, messenger

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "harbinger":

   omen, portent, messenger, precursor, foretaste, herald, forerunner, courier

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1. Patrick Edmond:

   The French measure is so marginal in its current scope that it is sustainability theater rather than having any material impact on emissions, however we can look at it a different way – as the harbinger of more restrictions on aviation which are likely if the industry doesn’t get more serious about decarbonizing itself.

2. Emma Goldman:

   Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State and Church-begotten weed, marriage?

3. Steve Vladeck:

   Because the Biden administration is eight days away, the odds that this FDA rule is on the books that much longer seems pretty slim, the much bigger import of tonight's ruling is the harbinger it seems to provide of how the new conservative majority is going to approach abortion cases.

4. Joseph Giacalone:

   The only thing that criminals respond to are arrests and prosecution … we refer to that as deterrence. And there doesn't seem to be any deterrence, to see the numbers go up this dramatically in a short period of time, during blizzards and cold weather, it is not a good harbinger of things to come.

5. Connecticut State Senator Will Haskell:

   To some extent, Westport is a cautionary tale, or a harbinger of what's to come, i hope the 168 other towns in Connecticut State see what happens in Westport and act accordingly.