Prognosticator

Definitions

One who prognosticates or makes predictions; one who forecasts or guesses.

Equivalents

Examples

“Plenty of prognosticators try⟳ to forecast the ups and downs of the market.”

“Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let⟳ now the astrologers, the starre-gazers, the monethly prognosticators stand⟳ vp, and saue thee from these things that shall come⟳ vpon thee.”

“When the staccato, Neptunes-ian single “Boyfriend” was released in March⟳, musical prognosticators were quick to peg the album it portended, Believe⟳, as Justin Bieber’s Justified, a grown-and-sexy, R&B-centric departure that evolved millennial teenybopper Justin Timberlake into one of the unifying pop-music figures of the aughts.”

“On Long Bets, a website where prognosticators test⟳ their mettle by playing for real (or at least proceeds-donated-to-charity) stakes, there is an open⟳ bet⟳ between the British astrophysicist Martin Rees, a noted worrier over apocalyptic possibilities, and Harvard University’s Steven Pinker, famous for his vaulting optimism.”

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