Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun leading_indicator

1 sense of leading indicator

Sense 1
leading indicator -- (one of 11 indicators for different sections of the economy; used by the Department of Commerce to predict economic trends in the near future)
       => index, index number, indicant, indicator -- (a number or ratio (a value on a scale of measurement) derived from a series of observed facts; can reveal relative changes as a function of time)