herald

/hˈɛɹəld/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. foreshadow or presage
2. praise vociferously
   “The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”
3. greet enthusiastically or joyfully

noun

1. (formal) a person who announces important news
   “the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet”
2. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

Synonyms for herald

• announce
• annunciate
• harbinger
• foretell
• acclaim
• hail
• trumpeter
• forerunner
• predecessor
• precursor

Words that rhyme with herald

• gerald
• gerrald
• harold
• harrold
• herold
• imperiled
• jerald
• jerrold