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

3 senses of predictor

Sense 1
forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer -- (someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge))
       => visionary, illusionist, seer -- (a person with unusual powers of foresight)

Sense 2
predictor -- (information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance")
       => information -- (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)

Sense 3
predictor -- (a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival)
       => computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system -- (a machine for performing calculations automatically)