Synonyms for augur
ˈɔ gərau·gur

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1. augur

   "Persons or things augur; persons only forebode or presage; things only betoken or portend." Crabb English Synonymes. We augur well for a voyage from past good fortune and a good start; we presage success from the stanchness of the ship and the skill of the captain. We forebode misfortune either from circumstances that betoken failure, or from gloomy fancies for which we could not give a reason. Dissipation among the officers and mutiny among the crew portend disaster. Divine has reference to the ancient soothsayers' arts (as in Gen. xliv, 5, 15), and refers rather to reading hearts than to reading the future. We say I could not divine his motive, or his intention.

   Synonyms:
   betoken, bode, divine, forebode, foretell, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

   Antonyms:
   assure, calculate, demonstrate, determine, establish, insure, make sure, prove, settle, warrant

   Preposition:
   I augur from all circumstances a prosperous result; I augur ill of the enterprise; "augurs ill to the rights of the people," Thomas Jefferson Writings vol. ii, p. 506. [Taylor, Walton & Maberley '53.] I augur well, or this augurs well, for your cause.

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1. augur, auspexverb

   (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

   Synonyms:
   auspex

2. bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predictverb

   indicate by signs

   "These signs bode bad news"

   Synonyms:
   predict, herald, bespeak, indicate, promise, figure, betoken, announce, count on, annunciate, bode, foreshadow, omen, point, harbinger, estimate, portend, call, prognosticate, anticipate, reckon, calculate, foretell, forebode, prefigure, signal, forecast, auspicate, presage

3. augurverb

   predict from an omen

   Synonyms:
   presage, prefigure, bode, foretell, omen, portend, prognosticate, auspicate, betoken, foreshadow, predict, forecast

Matched Categories

1. • Predict

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1. augurnoun

   Synonyms:
   soothsayer, prophet, fortune-teller

2. augurverb

   Synonyms:
   prophesy, conjecture, predict, guess

3. augurverb

   Synonyms:
   portend, forebode, presage, foreshow, foreshadow, prognosticate, betoken, foretell, predict, prophesy, be ominous of

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1. augurverb

   Synonyms:
   portend, forebode, presage, indicate, betoken

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1. List of paraphrases for "augur":

   bode, auger

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How to use augur in a sentence?

1. Carlos Saladrigas:

   If President Miguel Diaz-Canel is given the post of party secretary, it would strengthen his ability to take decisions and it might augur well for more expansive reforms, if, however, someone else is appointed, especially from the ‘old guard’, it would possibly indicate... continuing economic stagnation.