Synonyms for herald
ˈhɛr əldher·ald

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1. heraldnoun

   To proclaim, announce, etc. an event.

   Daffodils herald the Spring.

   Synonyms:
   messenger

2. heraldnoun

   A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.

   Daffodils are heralds of Spring.

   Synonyms:
   harbinger

3. heraldnoun

   An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king of arms.

   Rouge Dragon is a herald at the College of Arms.

   Synonyms:
   pursuivant

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1. herald

   To announce is to give intelligence of in some formal or public way. We may announce that which has occurred or that which is to occur, tho the word is chiefly used in the anticipative sense; we announce a book when it is in press, a guest when he arrives. We advertise our business, communicate our intentions, enunciate our views; we notify an individual, give notice to the public. Declare has often an authoritative force; to declare war is to cause war to be, where before there may have been only hostilities; we say declare war, proclaim peace. We propound a question or an argument, promulgate the views of a sect or party, or the decision of a court, etc. We report an interview, reveal a secret, herald the coming of some distinguished person or great event. Publish, in popular usage, is becoming closely restricted to the sense of issuing through the press; we announce a book that is to be published.

   Synonyms:
   advertise, announce, circulate, communicate, declare, enunciate, give notice (of), give out, make known, notify, proclaim, promulgate, propound, publish, report, reveal, say, spread abroad, state, tell

   Antonyms:
   bury, conceal, cover (up), hide, hush, keep back, keep secret, secrete, suppress, withhold

   Preposition:
   The event was announced to the family by telegraph.

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1. herald, trumpeternoun

   (formal) a person who announces important news

   "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"

   Synonyms:
   precursor, trumpeter, cornetist, forerunner, trumpeter swan, predecessor, harbinger

2. harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursorverb

   something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

   Synonyms:
   harbinger, precursor, predecessor, trumpeter, forerunner, antecedent

3. announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, heraldverb

   foreshadow or presage

   Synonyms:
   predict, hail, betoken, announce, augur, annunciate, bode, portend, omen, harbinger, acclaim, prefigure, call, prognosticate, anticipate, foreshadow, foretell, forebode, forecast, declare, promise, auspicate, denote, presage

4. acclaim, hail, heraldverb

   praise vociferously

   "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"

   Synonyms:
   acclaim, clap, announce, hail, applaud, harbinger, foretell, annunciate, come, spat

5. hail, heraldverb

   greet enthusiastically or joyfully

   Synonyms:
   acclaim, announce, hail, harbinger, foretell, annunciate, come

Matched Categories

1. • Applaud
   • Greet
   • Messenger

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1. heraldnoun

   Synonyms:
   proclaimer, publisher, crier

2. heraldnoun

   Synonyms:
   forerunner, precursor, harbinger

3. heraldverb

   Synonyms:
   proclaim, announce, publish

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1. heraldnoun

   Synonyms:
   messenger, forerunner, precursor, harbinger, crier

2. heraldverb

   Synonyms:
   proclaim, announce, foretell, usher in

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1. List of paraphrases for "herald":

   pioneer, harbinger, harald, announce

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How to use herald in a sentence?

1. William Shakespeare, "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 2 scene 1:

   Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much.

2. Chris Williamson:

   Business confidence is now at a level which would typically herald an economic downturn, adding to the risk of recession.

3. The Russian military:

   But claim they would n’t have been harmed - Miami Herald :.

4. Art Buchwald:

   His column explaining Thanksgiving to the French when he wrote for the Paris edition of the Herald Tribune there. --bb

5. Eugen Weinberg:

   We are confident that the incipient decline of production in the United States will herald a long-term and fundamental bottoming out process on the oil market.