prognosticator

Other forms: prognosticators

Definitions of prognosticator
  1. noun
    someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
    synonyms: forecaster, predictor, soothsayer
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    astrologer, astrologist
    someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon
    fortune teller, fortuneteller
    a person who foretells your personal future
    chiromancer, palmist, palmister
    fortuneteller who predicts your future by the lines on your palms
    sibyl
    a woman who tells fortunes
    type of:
    illusionist, seer, visionary
    a person with unusual powers of foresight
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