'Predictor' definitions:
Definition of 'predictor'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) [syn: forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer]
noun
Information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
noun
A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
Definition of 'Predictor'
From: GCIDE
- Predictor \Pre*dict"or\, n. One who predicts; a foreteller. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'predictor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- astrologer,
- augur,
- calamity howler,
- Cassandra,
- crystal gazer,
- divinator,
- diviner,
- divineress,
- Druid,
- forecaster,
- foreknower,
- foreseer,
- foreshower,
- foreteller,
- fortuneteller,
- geomancer,
- haruspex,
- palmist,
- prefigurer,
- presager,
- prognosticator,
- prophesier,
- prophet,
- prophet of doom,
- prophetess,
- psychic,
- pythoness,
- religious prophets,
- seer,
- seeress,
- soothsayer,
- vates,
- weather prophet