predictors

Meanings

Noun

• someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
• information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
  • "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
• a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
• plural of predictor

Synonyms

forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer