All foreshadow synonyms
fore·shad·ow
F f verb foreshadow
- indicate — to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
- prefigure — to show or represent beforehand by a figure or type; foreshadow.
- predict — to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.
- portend — to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does: The street incident may portend a general uprising.
- imply — implies
- foretell — to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
- augur — If something augurs well or badly for a person or a future situation, it is a sign that things will go well or badly.
- presage — a presentiment or foreboding.
- omen — anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- hint — an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- suggest — to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
- signal — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- betoken — If something betokens something else, it is a sign of this thing.
- adumbrate — to outline; give a faint indication of
- forebode — to foretell or predict; be an omen of; indicate beforehand; portend: clouds that forebode a storm.
- promise — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- shadow — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- bode — If something bodes ill, it makes you think that something bad will happen in the future. If something bodes well, it makes you think that something good will happen.
- prophesy — to foretell or predict.
- telegraph — an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
noun foreshadow
- foregoer — Alternative form of forgoer.
- foretoken — a sign of a future event; omen; forewarning.
- forerunner — predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
- antecessor — a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before