Premonitory
Premonitory adjective - Serving as or offering a warning.
Prefatory and premonitory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prefatory" instead an adjective "Premonitory".
Nearby Word: premonition
Prefatory
Prefatory adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.
Usage example: in prefatory remarks he offered his own definition of “civilization”, a word subject to a variety of interpretations
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Synonyms for Prefatory
Premonitory and prefatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Premonitory" instead an adjective "Prefatory".
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