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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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;
- Example: "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;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Predictor \Pre*dict"or\, n. One who predicts; a foreteller. [1913 Webster]
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
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