predictor
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
predictor
n 1: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the
basis of special knowledge) [syn: {forecaster},
{predictor}, {prognosticator}, {soothsayer}]
2: information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future
events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of
mutual fund performance"
3: a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes
the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's
arrival
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "predictor":
Cassandra, Druid, astrologer, augur, calamity howler,
crystal gazer, divinator, diviner, divineress, 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
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