augur

1. 1.

   indicate, as with a sign or an omen

   “These signs bode bad news”

   Synonymsbodeportendauspicateprognosticateomenpresagebetokenforeshadowforetellprefigureforecastpredict

   Broaderbespeak

   Narrowerthreatenforeshow
2. 2.

   predict from an omen

   Broaderpredict

1. 1.

   (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

   Synonymsauspex

   Broaderprophet

   Rome · antiquity

Other forms of augur

plural

augurs·

past tense

augurred·

present participle

augurring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about augur

What does augur mean?

augur means "indicate, as with a sign or an omen". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in augur?

augur has 2 syllables: au-gur. The stress falls on "au". In IPA it is /ˈɔɡɚ/.

What is another word for augur?

Close synonyms include bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is augur a common word?

augur is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with augur?

1 word rhymes with augur. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.