forecaster

1. 1.

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

   Synonymspredictorprognosticatorsoothsayer

   Broadervisionary

   Narrowerastrologerfortuneteller

Other forms of forecaster

plural

forecasters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about forecaster

What does forecaster mean?

forecaster means "someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)".

How many syllables are in forecaster?

forecaster has 3 syllables: fore-cas-ter. The stress falls on "fore". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹˌkæstɚ/.

What is another word for forecaster?

Close synonyms include predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is forecaster a common word?

forecaster is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with forecaster?

5 words rhyme with forecaster. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.