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PROGNOSTICATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prognosticator mean?
• PROGNOSTICATOR (noun)
The noun PROGNOSTICATOR has 1 sense:
1. someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Familiarity information: PROGNOSTICATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
forecaster; predictor; prognosticator; soothsayer
Hypernyms ("prognosticator" is a kind of...):
illusionist; seer; visionary (a person with unusual powers of foresight)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prognosticator"):
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)
Derivation:
prognosticate (make a prediction about; tell in advance)
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