herald

herald is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.
2. noun. In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.
3. noun. A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.
4. noun. A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
5. noun. Any messenger.
6. transitive verb. To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
7. noun. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

   Synonyms: forerunner, harbinger, precursor, predecessor

8. noun. (formal) a person who announces important news

   "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"

   Synonyms: trumpeter

9. verb. praise vociferously

   "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"

   Synonyms: acclaim, hail

10. verb. greet enthusiastically or joyfully

    Synonyms: hail

11. verb. foreshadow or presage

    Synonyms: announce, annunciate, foretell, harbinger

Synonyms

forerunner, harbinger, precursor, predecessor, trumpeter, acclaim, hail, announce, annunciate, foretell

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in herald:

hareld, harled

Common word forms

heralds, heralded, heralding, heraldize

Words from these letters

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