herald

Examples

• All

• So he sent word to the herald, who granted them entrance into the castle.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Truly, she is a herald of light and a bearer of love of whom we sing in the final words of Fair Harvard.

• There were clop-clopping sounds of horse hooves and the sounds of herald trumpets in the distance.

  Fiction book (1998)

• It is the part of men to fear and tremble when their most mighty gods by token send such dreadful heralds to astonish us.

• The royal herald announced the arrival of the king to the gathered crowd.

• In ancient times, a herald would often signal the start of a battle with a loud trumpet.

• The new study acts as a herald of significant changes in environmental policy.

Synonyms

P

precursor

vsherald

27 7.2

A person, thing, or event that comes before and signals what will follow

is limited to people or things signaling important arrivals

H

harbinger

vsherald

22 8.7

A sign that something will happen soon, like dark clouds before a storm

signals arrival especially when it is important

F

forerunner

vsherald

11 6.2

A person or thing that comes before something to prepare people

signals arrival without necessarily preparing or making way

T

trumpeter

vsherald

• Archaic

1 6.1

A person who announces important news by blowing a trumpet

signals arrival generally without needing musical instruments

Idioms

H

to herald a new era

1 6.7

To show or announce the start of a big change

How Predictive

herald

110 6.1

forerunner

11 6.2

indicator

9 3.4

sign

∞ 3.2

to hint

136 2.0

Surface Forms

Etymology