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Premonition

Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.

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Apprehension 76% connected

The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Apprehensiveness 76% connected

The quality or state of being apprehensive.

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Dread 76% connected

To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension.

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Warning 76% connected

of Warn

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Presage 76% connected

Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.

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Shadow 76% connected

Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the ray…

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Prognosticate 74% connected

To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Prognosticate 74% connected

To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil.

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Synonym 4

Boding 92% connected

of Bode

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Foreboding 92% connected

of Forebode

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Forewarning 92% connected

of Forewarn

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Presentiment 92% connected

Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distre…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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