foretaste
1 of 2noun
foretaste
2 of 2verb
transitive verb
Example Sentences
Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 16 July 2022 But Chicago was a city of immigrants who gave it a foretaste of European politics. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2022 On Tuesday, opposition leaders offered a tangy foretaste of those attacks. New York Times, 19 Apr. 2022 But the Civil War experience proved to be a foretaste of modern monetary policy. Roger Lowenstein, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022 However, to have just a foretaste at Sublimotion is so exciting. Nel-olivia Waga, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021 These pressures could very well intensify, providing a possible foretaste of what could be on the near-term horizon, until Europe manages a credible and sustainable transition to renewable energy. David A. Andelman, CNN, 16 Oct. 2021 Dante fought in the cavalry at Campaldino, and war must have given him a foretaste of Hell. Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021 By the Sixties, the denunciation of nostalgia had become a liberal ritual, but such skirmishes provided only a foretaste of the campaign that followed. Christopher Lasch, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021 See More Word History
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined above
foretaste
noun
Synonyms & Similar Words
- glimpse
- symptom
- hint
- glimmer
- harbinger
- portent
- presage
- indication
- sign
- scent
- inkling
- omen
- prefigurement
- breath
- intimation
- clue
- whiff
- augury
- cue
- lead
- feeling
- mention
- suggestion
- allusion
- foreshadower
- wind
- inspiration
- flicker
- idea
- evidence
- implication
- token
- inference
- assistance
- insinuation
- signal
- telltale
- premonition
- notion
- prompt
- presentiment
- guidepost
- innuendo
- hunch
- overtone
- denotation
- foreboding
- key
- pointer
- tip
- wink
- nod
- suspicion
- intuition
- tip-off
- mark
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- solution
- answer
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of foretaste are anticipation, outlook, and prospect. While all these words mean "an advance realization of something to come," foretaste implies an actual though brief or partial experience of something forthcoming.
In some situations, the words anticipation and foretaste are roughly equivalent. However, anticipation implies a prospect or outlook that involves advance suffering or enjoyment of what is foreseen.
The words outlook and foretaste can be used in similar contexts, but outlook suggests a forecasting of the future.
The synonyms prospect and foretaste are sometimes interchangeable, but prospect implies expectation of a particular event, condition, or development of definite interest or concern.