nnoun.personsomeone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)Synset:forecaster prognosticator soothsayer
Derivationally Related Form:prognosticatepredictforecast
Hypernyms:illusionist seer visionary
Inherited Hypernyms:forecastervisionaryintellectualpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:forecastervisionaryintellectualpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:astrologerastrologistfortune tellerfortuneteller
Full Hyponyms:astrologerfortunetellerpalmistsibyl
nnoun.cognitioninformation that supports a probabilistic estimate of future eventsExamples:- the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance
Hypernyms:information
Inherited Hypernyms:predictorinformationcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.artifacta computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrivalPart Holonyms:ack-ack ack-ack gun antiaircraft antiaircraft gun flack flak pom-pom
Hypernyms:computer computing device computing machine data processor electronic computer information processing system
Inherited Hypernyms:predictorcomputermachinedeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity