| antecessor(noun, sign, example, precursor) |
| leader(noun, person, guide, head, star) |
| prefigurement(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, foreboding) |
| archetype(noun, original, pattern, example, sample) |
| exemplar(noun, sign, original, indication, pattern) |
| foreshadower(noun, person, show, foresight, precursor) |
| announcement(noun, sign, example) |
| announcer(noun, herald, messenger) |
| ascendant |
| author(noun, herald, messenger) |
| avant-garde(noun, precursor) |
| bellwether(noun, star, leader, precursor, pacemaker) |
| divination(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition) |
| forecasting(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, premonition) |
| foreshadow(noun, sign, example) |
| front runner(noun, expression, star, leader) |
| mark(noun, sign, example) |
| outrider |
| preindication(noun, feeling, sign, hunch, revelation) |
| presager(noun, person, show, foresight) |