herald :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

herald

n. (formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"

harbinger, forerunner, precursor

n. an indication of the approach of something or someone

hail, acclaim

v. praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"

harbinger, foretell, announce, annunciate

v. foreshadow or presage

crier, town crier

n. (formerly) an official who made public announcements

runner

n. someone who travels on foot by running

foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding

n. a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"

forerunner, precursor

n. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

sign, signal, signaling, signalling

n. any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"

augury

n. an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God"

omen, portent, presage, prognostic, foreboding

n. a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

messenger, courier

n. a person who carries a message

carrier, bearer, toter

n. someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"

forewarning, premonition

n. an early warning about a future event

praise

v. express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"

glorify, laud, extol, exalt, proclaim

v. praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"

compliment, congratulate

v. say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper"

congratulate, felicitate

v. express congratulations

eulogize, eulogise, praise eloquently, praise formally

v. praise formally and eloquently; "The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral"

revere, reverence, fear, venerate

v. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"

respect, honor, honour, observe, abide by

v. show respect towards; "honor your parents!"

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

v. indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"

air, beam, broadcast, send, transmit

v. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song"

blazon, emblazon, decorate with heraldic arms

v. decorate with heraldic arms

spread, broadcast, propagate, circulate, disperse, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, diffuse, pass around

v. cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"

glorify, laud, extol, exalt, proclaim

v. praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"

release, issue, free, put out, bring out, publish

v. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"

import, spell

v. indicate or signify; "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"

Using Lexipedia you can visually map out words and concepts in a clean and friendly interface. No more thumbing through a dictionary, or fumbling through a single-word search; with Lexipedia you can see related words, synonyms, antonyms and fuzzynyms. And best of all, it's absolutely free!