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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | leader |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who guides |
| Synonyms: | boss, captain, chief, chieftain, commander, conductor, controller, counsellor, dean, dignitary, director, doyen, eminence, exec, forerunner, general, governor, guide, harbinger, head, herald, lead, lion*, luminary, manager, mistress, notability, notable, officer, pacesetter, pilot, pioneer, precursor, president, principal, rector, ringleader, ruler, shepherd, skipper, superintendent, superior |
| Antonyms: | follower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | messenger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person carrying information to another |
| Synonyms: | agent, ambassador, bearer, carrier, commissionaire, courier, crier, delegate, delivery person, detachment, detail, dispatcher, emissary, envoy, errand person, flag-bearer, forerunner, go-between, gofer, harbinger, herald, intermediary, mediator, minister, post, precursor, prophet, runner, schlepper |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | receiver |
| Main Entry: | original |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, prototype |
| Synonyms: | archetype, coinage, creation, exemplar, forerunner, invention, model, novelty, paradigm, pattern, precedent, precursor, type |
| Antonyms: | creation, derivative, offshoot |
| Main Entry: | predecessor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something, someone that comes before |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, former, precursor, previous, prior, prototype |
| Antonyms: | derivative, descendant, successor |
| Main Entry: | prototype |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | original, example |
| Synonyms: | ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, archetype, criterion, first, forerunner, ideal, mock-up, model, norm, paradigm, pattern, precedent, precursor, predecessor, standard, type |
| Main Entry: | scout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is searching, investigating |
| Synonyms: | advance, adventurer, detective, escort, explorer, guard, lookout, outpost, outrider, patrol, picket, pioneer, precursor, reconnoiterer, recruiter, runner, sleuth, spotter, spy, vanguard |
| Antonyms: | target |
| Main Entry: | sign |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indication, evidence |
| Synonyms: | assurance, augury, auspice, badge, beacon, bell, caution, clue, divination, flag, flash, foreboding, foreknowledge, foreshadowing, foretoken, forewarning, gesture, giveaway, handwriting on wall, harbinger, herald, high sign, hint, light, manifestation, mark, nod, note, omen, portent, precursor, prediction, premonition, presage, presentiment, prognostic, proof, signal, suggestion, symbol, symptom, token, trace, vestige, warning, wave, whistle, wink |
| Main Entry: | usher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who guides others to place |
| Synonyms: | attendant, conductor, doorkeeper, doorperson, escort, guide, herald, lead, leader, page, pilot, precursor |
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