predictor
One who anticipates
A predictor is something that indicates or forecasts a future outcome.
In statistics and science, predictors are variables used to estimate other values: Income level is a strong predictor of educational attainment.
More broadly, anything that reliably signals what's coming can be called a predictor: Early test scores are poor predictors of adult success.
Sign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- signMark conveying information
- warningAlert about danger
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
foreshadowing · augury · presage · foreboding · forewarning · herald · token · auspice
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- divinerOne who foretells events
clairvoyant · psychic · sibyl · augur · fortune-teller · astrologer · medium · prophetess
Atmospheric conditions analyst
- prognosticatorOne who foretells outcomes
- futuristTomorrow trends scholar
- analystOne who examines systematically
- weathermanBroadcast precipitation predictor
statistician · economist · pollster · modeler · extrapolation · projection · prognosis · foresight
Finite problem-solving procedure
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- regressionReturn to former state
- classifierAssigns items to groups
- estimatorSample-based inference rule
accuracy · validation · outcome · hypothesis · correlation · causation · variance · dataset
Prone to fluctuation
- factorContributor to result
- markerSomething that signals location
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- precursorSomething that comes first
correlate · determinant · index · coefficient · parameter · metric · measure · biomarker
Financial risk analyst
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- hazardSource of potential harm
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
exposure · liability · assessment · contingency · volatility · default · underwriter
portent
Sign of future calamity
premonition · foreshadowing · augury · presage · foreboding · forewarning · herald · token · auspice
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
diviner · clairvoyant · psychic · sibyl · augur · fortune-teller · astrologer · medium · prophetess · pythia
meteorologist
Atmospheric conditions analyst
- prognosticatorOne who foretells outcomes
- futuristTomorrow trends scholar
- analystOne who examines systematically
weatherman · statistician · economist · pollster · modeler · extrapolation · projection · prognosis · foresight · anticipation
algorithm
Finite problem-solving procedure
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- regressionReturn to former state
- classifierAssigns items to groups
estimator · accuracy · validation · outcome · hypothesis · correlation · causation · variance · dataset
variable
Prone to fluctuation
precursor · correlate · determinant · index · coefficient · parameter · metric · measure · biomarker · input
actuary
Financial risk analyst
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- hazardSource of potential harm
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
probability · exposure · liability · assessment · contingency · volatility · default · underwriter
- psychicspsychic, psychics, fortune teller, clairvoyant, clairvoyants
- variablesvariable, unknown, x, y, placeholder
- fire controltargeting computer, tracking system, range finder, rangefinder, target acquisition
- statisticsmean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation
- GLMsdeviance, dispersion, likelihood, offset
- adaptive filtersLMS, Wiener filter
predictorhistorian
Expert on past events
chronicler · recorder · archivist · documentarian · annalist
predictorverifier
One who confirms truth
validator · witness · eyewitness · attester · certifier
predictoroutcome
Final result of events
result · dependent variable · criterion · effect · consequence
- predictive textAlgorithm suggesting likely words
- weather predictionAnticipated atmospheric conditions
- text predictionAnticipating typed input
- earthquake predictionForecasting when tremors strike
- climate predictionProjecting future atmospheric conditions
- astrological predictionFortune based on planets
predict, prediction, predicted, predicting, predictive, predicts, predictions, predictability, unpredicted