| verb | foreshadow or presage |
| verb | make a prediction about; tell in advance “Call the outcome of an election” |
| verb | indicate by signs “These signs bode bad news” |
| annunciator | noun | an indicator that announces which electrical circuit has been active (as on a telephone switchboard) |
| harbinger | noun | something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone |
| herald | noun | something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone |
| predictive | adjective | of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions |
| prediction | noun | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) |
| predictor | noun | someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) |
| foretelling | noun | a statement made about the future |
| prognosticative | adjective | of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions |
| prognostication | noun | a statement made about the future |
| prognosis | noun | a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop |
| prognosticator | noun | someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) |
| foreboding | noun | a feeling of evil to come |
| anticipatory | adjective | in anticipation |
| portent | noun | a sign of something about to happen |
| auspice | noun | a favorable omen |
| omen | noun | a sign of something about to happen |
| presage | noun | a sign of something about to happen |
| foreshadowing | noun | the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand |
| augur | noun | (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy |
| prefigurative | adjective | indistinctly prophetic |
| forecast | noun | a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop |