'augur' definitions:
Definition of 'augur'
From: WordNet
noun
(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy [syn: augur, auspex]
verb
Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]
verb
Predict from an omen
Synonyms of 'augur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adumbrate,
- argue,
- astrologer,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- bid fair to,
- bode,
- calamity howler,
- Cassandra,
- crystal gazer,
- divinator,
- divine,
- diviner,
- divineress,
- Druid,
- forebode,
- forecast,
- forecaster,
- foreknower,
- foreseer,
- foreshadow,
- foreshow,
- foreshower,
- foreteller,
- foretoken,
- fortuneteller,
- geomancer,
- haruspex,
- hint,
- imply,
- indicate,
- intimate,
- mean,
- omen,
- palmist,
- point to,
- portend,
- predict,
- predictor,
- prefigure,
- prefigurer,
- preindicate,
- presage,
- presager,
- presign,
- presignal,
- presignify,
- pretypify,
- prognosticate,
- prognosticator,
- promise,
- prophesier,
- prophesy,
- prophet,
- prophet of doom,
- prophetess,
- psychic,
- pythoness,
- religious prophets,
- seer,
- seeress,
- shadow forth,
- signify,
- soothsay,
- soothsayer,
- spell,
- suggest,
- token,
- typify,
- vates,
- vaticinate,
- weather prophet