1
as in promised
to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome
the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
2
as in predicted
to tell of or describe beforehand
the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of augured
This is a massive shift from late last year, when talk of an AI bubble augured capital expenditures that would come back to bite tech companies when token demand plummeted.
—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
That may sound like a funny thing to say, in 2025, or in any year since the legendary rock singer-songwriter died in 2003, given a perennial underdog status that never augured for anything that would be likely to be called a posthumous groundswell, per se.
—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
Husseini attempted to ply him with patronage, appointing him imam of a new mosque, but the cleric’s burgeoning following augured poorly for Husseini’s grip on power.
—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Before Shakespeare, there was Christopher Marlowe, whose poetry lifted up Elizabethan drama and augured a rivalry with the Bard of Avon.
—
Heller McAlpin,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 Sep. 2025
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
That may sound like a funny thing to say, in 2025, or in any year since the legendary rock singer-songwriter died in 2003, given a perennial underdog status that never augured for anything that would be likely to be called a posthumous groundswell, per se.
—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
Husseini attempted to ply him with patronage, appointing him imam of a new mosque, but the cleric’s burgeoning following augured poorly for Husseini’s grip on power.
—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Before Shakespeare, there was Christopher Marlowe, whose poetry lifted up Elizabethan drama and augured a rivalry with the Bard of Avon.
—
Heller McAlpin,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for augured
Verb
-
Keiko Fujimori promised to build four prisons and another similar to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center known as the CECOT, and to force prisoners to work in the prisons.
-
These have been promised for some time, and the community is watching closely.
Verb
-
And with one of the worst tick seasons ever predicted happening now, this treatment is more important than ever.
-
Gartner predicted 20% of organizations would flatten by 2026, eliminating over half of middle management roles.
Verb
-
But Graham does fit an archetype of front-office construction that has boded well for other organizations, particularly in his willingness to invest in a more modern approach to roster building.
-
That boded well for a 2008 conversation at Seiller's home.
Cite this Entry
“Augured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augured. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
