AUGURS Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of augur

as in diviners

one who predicts future events or developments ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of augur

as in promises

to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school

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as in predicts

to tell of or describe beforehand the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me

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Noun

As grey hairs appear and other augurs of age become visible, Claire contends with the varied reactions of her small social circle. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026

Verb

Pintscher, who will succeed current music director Jaime Martín beginning in 2027-28 season, augurs a new era for LACO. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026 In the film’s ferocious climax, Jim is shot but escapes with Selena and Hannah, and the story closes (28 days later) back in the countryside as a jet flies over and augurs their rescue. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 24 June 2026 This augurs poorly for yen bulls. — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 The image of James’s paper lantern, let go and floating up into the night sky like a second moon, augurs his eventual fleeing from his family. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 The rehearsal augurs Starship’s coming test flight—its 12th—which will mark the first time the latest version of vehicle is put through its paces. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 12 May 2026 But some parishioners remain optimistic that this period of intense hardship finally augurs the end of the regime. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026 The broader picture augurs well for the Israeli home front. — Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026 And that really augurs the potential for severe and prolonged enduring instability in this region. — ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Ancient Chinese scholars made records of solar eclipses, and diviners made prophecies during these auspicious events.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of diviners

Verb

Bonnell claims more than 80 mph at the top end, while the enormous rear-wheel torque figure promises the sort of low-speed shove that makes technical riding interesting.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
The Netflix series promises to adapt the entire novel in a more complete form.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of promises

Verb

The former chief futurist at OpenAI predicts that there will inevitably be rogue AI agents operating independently of human control.

— Benjamin Guggenheim, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2026
And while storms will cool things off to the low 80s by the end of the week, The Weather Channel predicts that the month's temperatures will be above average for the season.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of predicts

Noun

Upon arrival, the girls find a community of ravers and psychedelic rockers, romantics and orgiastics, shamans who serve as doctors, and poets who believe themselves to be prophets.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
This eight-part series takes a look at the history of four Korean leaders who claimed to be prophets.

— Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of prophets

Verb

That bodes extremely well for plane spotting out in broad daylight this summer.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026
The Obama Presidential Center opening June 18 also bodes well for tourism, both in burnishing the city’s image and creating a new attraction to draw domestic and international visitors to Chicago, Reynolds said.

— Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

Definition of bodes

Noun

Weather forecasters collapse a hugely complex atmosphere into a two-dimensional map, knowing that two skilled people will draw different predictions from the same input.

— Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Comfortable late-summer weather will give way to hotter, more humid conditions in the Kansas City area this weekend, with temperatures climbing into the 90s, forecasters say.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

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