omennoun [ C ]
uk/ˈəʊ.mən/us/ˈoʊ.mən/something that is considered to be a sign of how a future event will take place:
The team's final victory of the season is a good omen for the playoffs, which start next week.
a bad omen
Many people believe that a broken mirror is an omen of bad luck.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- intuit
- intuition
- intuitive
- nasty
- ominous
- projection
- prophetic
- psychic
- read sb's mind idiom
- read sb's palm idiom
- read the runes idiom
- scenario
- scent
- visionary
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