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/pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪtə(ɹ)/ · noun
One who prognosticates or makes predictions; one who forecasts or guesses..
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.
Use prognosticator when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prognosticator means One who prognosticates or makes predictions; one who forecasts or guesses..
Common synonyms include prognosticant, soothsayer, forecaster, predictor.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Plenty of prognosticators try to forecast the ups and downs of the market.
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