Search

What is another word for omen?

Pronunciation: [ˈə͡ʊmɛn] (IPA)

An omen is a sign or a warning that something important, usually unpleasant, is going to happen in the future. There are several synonyms for the word "omen" that can be used to describe similar situations. One such synonym is "portent," which is a sign or a warning that something momentous or calamitous is about to occur. Another synonym is "harbinger," which refers to a person or a thing that announces or indicates the approach of something or someone important. Additionally, the word "augury" can be used to describe the omens that are interpreted as a sign of what is going to happen in the future.
Synonyms
Paraphrases
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Usage examples
Famous quotes
Infographic
Search

Synonyms for Omen:

What are the paraphrases for Omen?

Paraphrases are restatements of text or speech using different words and phrasing to convey the same meaning.
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
- highest relevancy
- medium relevancy
- lowest relevancy

What are the hypernyms for Omen?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Omen?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Omen

That was an omen which needs no interpretation.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
To-night every omen pointed one way.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
It is an omen.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee

Famous quotes with Omen

  • Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.
    Homer
  • I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of it.
    Edward Irving
  • Water—the mighty, the pure, the beautiful, the unfathomable—where is thy element so glorious as it is in thine own domain, the deep seas ? What an infinity of power is in the far Atlantic, the boundary of two separate worlds, apart like those of memory and of hope ! or in the bright Pacific, whose tides are turned to gold by a southern sun, and in whose bosom sleep a thousand isles, each covered with the verdure, the flowers, and the fruit of Eden ! But, amid all thy hereditary kingdoms, to which hast thou given beauty, as a birthright, lavishly as thou hast to thy favourite Mediterranean ? The silence of a summer night is now sleeping on its bosom, where the bright stars are mirrored, as if in its depths they had another home and another heaven. A spirit, cleaving air midway between the two, might have paused to ask which was sea, and which was sky. The shadows of earth and earthly things, resting omen-like upon the waters, alone shewed which was the home and which the mirror of the celestial host.
    Letitia Elizabeth Landon
  • Arms are instruments of ill omen. . . . When one is compelled to use them, it is best to do so without relish. There is no glory in victory, and to glorify it despite this is to exult in the killing of men. . . . When great numbers of people are killed, one should weep over them with sorrow. When victorious in war, one should observe mourning rites.
    Lao-Tzu
  • Our character...is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.
    George Santayana

Word of the Day

Chases sign
The term "Chases sign" refers to a linguistic phenomenon known as synonymy, wherein multiple words or phrases are used interchangeably to convey a similar meaning. Synonyms for "Ch...

Infographic

omen, synonym omen, another word for omen, words like omen, thesaurus omen
Share this Image
Add the infographic to your website: