premonitory
giving advance warning
Roots
Other words with the mon root
- admonish: to warn or correct firmly
- admonition: a warning or cautionary rebuke
- monitor: watcher or warner
- monitory: giving warning or admonition
- monument: structure that preserves memory
- premonition: a warning feeling before something happens
- summon: to call forth or order to appear
Premonitory signs warn before the main event arrives.
The premonitory tremors made the scientists check the volcano again.