Origin: Latin prefix pre-
Predictor has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
"The fortune teller was known as a psychic predictor who could reveal details about her clients' futures before they happened."
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
"The radar system served as a predictor, calculating where the bomber would be when our shells reached it to guide the gunners."
Something that anticipates, predicts or foretells.
"The new algorithm acts as a reliable predictor of market trends before they happen."