Synonyms for prefigure
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
Related words
- Word family
- prefigurement
Forms
- Past participle
- prefigured
e.g. prefigured → foreshadowed, presaged, portended, betokened…
Example sentences
- presage A crow's cry at midnight was said to presage death in the village.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| prefigure | rising | |
| foreshadow | steady | |
| presage | steady | |
| portend | steady | |
| betoken | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- omen2, bode1
- 5 letters
- augur2
- 6 letters
- typify3
- 7 letters
- predict2, signify3, presage2, portend2, betoken
- 8 letters
- indicate3, announce2, forecast2, prophesy, foretell2, forebode2, foreshow
- 9 letters
- auspicate
- 10 letters
- foreshadow3, presignify, vaticinate, forereckon
- 13 letters
- prognosticate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (omen2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- préfigurer
- Italiano
- prefigurare
- Español
- prefigurar