augur

augur is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.
2. noun. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.
3. intransitive verb. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.
4. intransitive verb. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.
5. transitive verb. To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.
6. noun. (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

   Synonyms: auspex

7. verb. indicate by signs

   "These signs bode bad news"

   Synonyms: auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate

8. verb. predict from an omen

Synonyms

auspex, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate

Common word forms

augurs, augural, augured, augurer, auguring, augurous

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