'Forewarning' definitions:
Definition of 'forewarning'
From: WordNet
noun
An early warning about a future event [syn: forewarning, premonition]
Definition of 'Forewarning'
From: GCIDE
- Forewarn \Fore*warn"\ (f[=o]r*w[add]rn"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forewarned (f[=o]r*w[add]rnd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Forewarning.] To warn beforehand; to give previous warning, admonition, information, or notice to; to caution in advance. [1913 Webster]
- We were forewarned of your coming. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'forewarning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admonition,
- advance notice,
- apocalyptic,
- augural,
- auguring,
- caution,
- caveat,
- divinatory,
- fatidic,
- foreboding,
- forecasting,
- forerunning,
- foreseeing,
- foreshadowing,
- foreshowing,
- foretelling,
- foretokening,
- fortunetelling,
- haruspical,
- heavy with meaning,
- indicative,
- intuitive,
- mantic,
- meaningful,
- monition,
- monitory,
- oracular,
- plenty of notice,
- portent,
- portentous,
- precautional,
- precautionary,
- precautioning,
- precursive,
- precursory,
- predictional,
- predictive,
- predictory,
- prefigurative,
- prefiguring,
- preindicative,
- premonition,
- premonitory,
- prenotice,
- prenotification,
- presageful,
- presaging,
- presentiment,
- presignificative,
- presignifying,
- prewarning,
- prodromal,
- prodromic,
- prognostic,
- prognosticative,
- prophetic,
- sibyllic,
- sibylline,
- significant,
- vaticinal,
- vaticinatory,
- warning,
- weather-wise