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FORECASTER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

Synonyms:

forecaster; predictor; prognosticator; soothsayer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("forecaster" is a kind of...):

illusionist; seer; visionary (a person with unusual powers of foresight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forecaster"):

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:

forecast (judge to be probable)

forecast (predict in advance)

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