forecasters
Those who predict
Forecasters are people who predict future conditions or events, especially in weather and economics.
A weather forecaster analyzes atmospheric data to predict storms, temperatures, and precipitation.
Economic forecasters project trends in markets, employment, or inflation.
Forecasters are calling for rain this weekend.
The term implies professional or systematic prediction rather than casual guessing.
Proclaimers of sacred truth
- seersThose claiming foresight
- soothsayersThose who foretell events
- oraclesSources of divine guidance
- divinersThose who foretell events
augurs · clairvoyants · astrologers · psychics · sibyls · palmists · mediums · shamans
Those who dissect data
- economistsAnalysts of wealth distribution
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- inflationSustained price level increase
- GDPNational output abbreviation
unemployment · bullish · bearish · fiscal · monetary · stimulus · equities · bonds
Atmospheric science professionals
- climatologistsExperts in long-term weather
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
- dopplerFrequency change from motion
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
humidity · temperature · rainfall · thunderstorm · hurricane · typhoon · cyclone · tornado
prophets
Proclaimers of sacred truth
- seersThose claiming foresight
- soothsayersThose who foretell events
- oraclesSources of divine guidance
diviners · augurs · clairvoyants · astrologers · psychics · sibyls · palmists · mediums · shamans · visionaries
analysts
Those who dissect data
- economistsAnalysts of wealth distribution
- recessionProlonged economic decline
- inflationSustained price level increase
GDP · unemployment · bullish · bearish · fiscal · monetary · stimulus · equities · bonds · commodities
meteorologists
Atmospheric science professionals
- climatologistsExperts in long-term weather
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
- dopplerFrequency change from motion
precipitation · humidity · temperature · rainfall · thunderstorm · hurricane · typhoon · cyclone · tornado · blizzard
trendspotters
Those identifying emerging phenomena
- futuristsPredictors of coming developments
- analystsThose who dissect data
- predictionsForecasts of future events
emerging · shifts · zeitgeist · innovation · movements · direction · momentum · wave · evolution · foresight
- meteorologyweather, rain, wind, snow, clouds
- trendspotterscool hunters, futurists, tastemakers
forecastershistorians
Scholars of the past
chroniclers · archivists · documentarians · biographers · annalists
forecastersreporters
Those who gather news
fact-checkers · auditors · witnesses · eyewitnesses · documenters
- weather forecasterOne who predicts climate conditions
- trend forecasterPredicts upcoming popular movements