herald
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(formal) a person who announces important news
the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet
Types & categories
- messenger hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
foreshadow or presage
Types & categories
- tell hypernym
Related & opposite
- annunciator derivation
- harbinger derivation
Sense 3 noun
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
Types & categories
- indication hypernym
Related & opposite
- harbinger derivation
Sense 4 verb
praise vociferously
The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein
Types & categories
- applaud hypernym
Related & opposite
- eclat derivation
Sense 5 verb
greet enthusiastically or joyfully
Types & categories
- greet hypernym
Related & opposite
- hail derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trumpet |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trumpet |
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | formality |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | messenger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | annunciator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | harbinger |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tell |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | harbinger |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | indication |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | eclat |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | applaud |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hail |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | greet |