English dictionary

predictor

/pr/I/'d/I/kt/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

noun.person

Synonyms forecaster prognosticator soothsayer

Source: WordNet 3.0
information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events

noun.cognition

Examples
The weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
One who predicts; a foreteller.

noun

Source: webster1913