- adumbrative, foreshadowing, prefigurative - indistinctly prophetic
Antonym: unprophetic (indirect, via prophetic)
- prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration - the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
--1 is a kind of prediction, anticipation, prevision
Derived form: verb foreshadow1
- bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
--1 is one way to bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun foreshadowing1
Something ----s something