60
precursor(noun, person, show, sign, fake)
39
portent(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, warn)
33
presage(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, warn)
32
predecessor(noun, person, sign, original, someone)
28
sign(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, warn)
27
augury(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, warn)
25
harbinger(noun, person, feeling, show, sign)
24
prognostic(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, warn)
21
foretoken(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, warn)
19
prognostication(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, warn)
18
antecedent(noun, adjective, person, sign, original)
18
herald(noun, person, show, sign, superior)
16
progenitor(noun, person, herald, precede, messenger)
15
omen(noun, feeling, sign, indication, foreboding)
14
prototype(noun, sign, original, example, herald)
14
ancestor(noun, person, herald, precede, precursor)
14
foreboding(noun, feeling, sign, suggestion, hunch)
14
messenger(noun, person, sign, presage, portent)
13
foregoer(noun, sign, example, herald, messenger)
12
auspice(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, foreboding)
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