Synonyms & related words for portentous

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of portentous — including fateful, ominous, foreboding, prodigious, baleful, premonitory. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to portentous

Explore words related to portentous — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include portentousness, grandiloquent, ominousness, portent, portentously, forebodingly, fatidic, ominously. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for portentous

Common synonyms for portentous include fateful, ominous, foreboding, prodigious, baleful, premonitory, portending, boding — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does portentous come from?

The word portentous breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root tent-, from Latin tendo (“stretch”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.