All forewarning synonyms
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F f noun forewarning
- omen — anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- foreboding — a prediction; portent.
- warning — the act or utterance of one who warns or the existence, appearance, sound, etc., of a thing that warns.
- premonition — a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; presentiment: He had a vague premonition of danger.
- feeling — a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching: the soft feel of cotton.
- presentiment — a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially something evil; foreboding.
- portent — an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous.
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- prescience — knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
- writing on the wall — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
- notice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
- notification — a formal notifying or informing.
- 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.
- tip-off — the act of tipping off.
- threat — a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace: He confessed under the threat of imprisonment.
adjective forewarning
- prophetic — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.