Premonition \Pre`mo*ni"tion\, n. [L. praemonitio. See
Premonish.]
Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a
premonition of danger.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
premonition
n 1: a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of
foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the
judge would dismiss the case" [syn: foreboding, presentiment,
boding]
2: an early warning about a future event [syn: forewarning]
WordNet (r) 2.0
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "premonition":
ESP, advance notice, apprehensiveness, clairsentience,
clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, feeling, foreboding,
forefeeling, foresight, forewarning, funny feeling, hunch,
impression, insight, intimation, intuition, intuitive impression,
lucidity, misgiving, plenty of notice, portent, preapprehension,
precautioning, prediction, prenotice, prenotification, prenotion,
presage, presagement, presentiment, prewarning, psychometry,
second sight, sixth sense, sneaking suspicion, suspicion,
vague feeling, vague idea
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
boding, foreboding, forewarning, presentiment
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