predictor

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsforecasterprognosticatorsoothsayer

   Broadervisionary

   Narrowerastrologerfortuneteller
2. 2.

   information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events

   “the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance”

   Broaderinformation
3. 3.

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

   Broadercomputer

   Part ofantiaircraft

Other forms of predictor

plural

predictors·

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 predictor

What does predictor mean?

predictor means "someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in predictor?

predictor has 3 syllables: pre-dic-tor. The stress falls on "dic". In IPA it is /pɹɪˈdɪktɚ/.

What is another word for predictor?

Close synonyms include forecaster, 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 predictor a common word?

predictor 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.