forerunner

Main Entry:
forerunner [fawr-ruhn-er, fohr-, fawr-ruhn-er, fohr-]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: messenger, herald
Synonyms: advertiser, advocate, ancestor, announcer, author, envoy, forebearer, foregoer, harbinger, initiator, originator, pioneer, precursor, progenitor, prognostic, prototype
Main Entry: ancestor
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: predecessor in family
Synonyms: antecedent, antecessor, ascendant, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, founder, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor
Antonyms: descendant
Main Entry: ancestry
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: family predecessors; family history
Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor, race, source, stock
Main Entry: augury
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: omen
Synonyms: auspice, boding, forerunner, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, portent, precursor, presage, prognostication, promise, prophecy, sign, token, warning
Notes: omen has a negative connotation, a connotation absent from the word augury; generally, augury bodes well for the future, an omen bodes ill
Main Entry: flagship
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: leader
Synonyms: bellwether, chief, crown jewel, flotilla leader, forerunner, front runner, head, lead ship, mother ship
Main Entry: forebearer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: family predecessor
Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, author, begetter, forerunner, founder, materfamilias, matriarch, originator, parent, paterfamilias, patriarch, precursor, primogenitor, procreator, progenitor, relative, sire
Main Entry: front runner
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: leader
Synonyms: best bet, favorite, first choice, forerunner, top seed
Main Entry: harbinger
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: indication
Synonyms: augury, forerunner, foretoken, herald, messenger, omen, portent, precursor, sign, signal
Notes: a harbinger is an indication of the approach of something or someone; a messenger is a person who carries a communications or performs an errand; an omen is a sign of something about to happen
Main Entry: herald
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: omen, messenger
Synonyms: adviser, bearer, courier, crier, forerunner, harbinger, indication, outrider, precursor, prophet, reporter, runner, sign, signal, token
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