HERALDS Synonyms: 164 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of herald

as in proponents

a person who actively supports or favors a cause an outspoken herald of prison reform

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as in harbingers

one that announces or indicates the later arrival of another the American robin—the herald of spring in the North

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heralds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of herald

as in foreshadows

to give a slight indication of beforehand the reshuffle of the company's management heralded the sweeping changes to come

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as in announces

to make known openly or publicly herald the great tidings to all the world

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Noun

The comedy-drama heralds from Adeel Ahmed and writer-director Batra’s film and TV outfit Poetic License, and is being produced in partnership with Jio Studios (Dhurandhar), and Good Chaos (Ballad Of A Small Player). — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2026 Chain bookselling, which enabled the unification of the reading market, was one of the first heralds of a globalizing age. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 This increasingly seamless connection between runway collections and store stock heralds a new meaning for commercial, repositioning the role of the runway. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 Now Pedicularis had emerged as one of the first heralds of the Arctic summer, its stems wrapped in grayish, silky hairs that protect it like a warm winter coat. — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 The heralds operate like independent contractors, with their own caseloads. — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026 The reason is that the 1996 Ferrari 550 Maranello’s arrival was one of the heralds of the Ferrari of today, the one building cars with both world-beating performance and everyday usability. — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 28 May 2026 This ground-hugging perennial heralds the arrival of spring with a regal display of fragrant blooms. — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 May 2026 After years of competing for quarters in the arcades, two of the heralds of the video game age are working in tandem. — Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

Verb

But having to navigate designing a hopeful film, one devoid of an antagonist that also heralds a positive view of AI, was a challenge in its own right. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 Royal Caribbean heralds this ship for setting a new standard across the cruise industry for its water and waste management programs—93% of fresh water is produced on board via reverse osmosis, crew members sort trash for recycling, and so on. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 This week heralds a new appreciation rite for the discerning reader. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 And your neighbor’s rooster that heralds the dawn every single morning is actually a living talisman of protection. — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026 Maybe Druckenmiller owning his AI use and receiving the Journal’s blessing heralds a new era of guilt-free mechanized writing. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 The project heralds from writer-director Adam Sigal, writer-director of Simon Pegg comedy-thriller Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose and producer on 2024 sci-fi Slingshot with Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026 For these locations, June’s solstice — which heralds astronomical summer in the Northern Hemisphere — is the winter solstice, not the summer solstice. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Of that total, 75 were by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, whose recent splashy IPO heralds how lucrative this next chapter of commercial spaceflight could be. — Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 29 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for heralds

Noun

Some proponents of tighter regulation will accept incremental progress, while others push for more sweeping change.

— Barbara A. Trish, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
But proponents say including bird-friendly glass from the beginning can increase a large development’s total budget by less than 1%.

— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of proponents

Noun

The hottest topics waffle between Nick Sirianni’s job security and the treatment of Jalen Hurts’ blood clots, none exactly harbingers of good news.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Related What were once blips on the modern music timeline now feel like harbingers of things to come for 2027.

— Leila Cobo, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of harbingers

Verb

And the angelic youth Dorian Gray’s deadly descent into vanity and vice—ignited by a hubristic obsession with his own image—eerily foreshadows the grim trajectory of Wilde’s later years.

— Hannah Aizenman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Early on, there’s a moment that foreshadows what the real debate is (or should be).

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of foreshadows

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The series begins with a prison bus pulling up to a correctional facility in Georgia, where the commander of jail operations, Major Boughner, announces how the 30 participants, 27 men and 3 women, will be divided.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
Part of the problem is that friction rarely announces itself as a five-alarm fire.

— Rhodes Kriske, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of announces

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But what advocates hailed as a vehicle for democratic governance also has unleashed attack ads, seven-figure war chests and hardball politics.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Supporters — business groups and affordable housing advocates — say CEQA lawsuits drag projects out for years, jacking up your rent and mortgage.

— Kiara Adams, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of advocates

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Rather than try to replicate his forerunners’ styles of success, Ternus has so far played to his own strengths—which are also those of Apple, a company that first and foremost builds beautiful products that spark productivity, creativity, and joy.

— Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Margaret and Alice are the forerunners of Lucy and Ethel, and Shakespeare’s comedy, written expressly to entertain, gives us a sense of what an Elizabethan-era situation comedy might look like.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of forerunners

Verb

Sabbagh predicts this could transform the space industry from having less than 10 million users of mobile satellite services to being able to reach billions of users.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
In 2027, Whatnot predicts that the Y2K revival will be even flashier than before.

— Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026

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