All judge synonyms
judge
J j noun judge
- magistrate β a civil officer charged with the administration of the law.
- justice β Donald, 1925β2004, U.S. poet.
- justice of the peace β a local public officer, usually having jurisdiction to try and determine minor civil and criminal cases and to hold preliminary examinations of persons accused of more serious crimes, and having authority to administer oaths, solemnize marriages, etc.
- judge advocate β a staff officer designated as legal adviser to a commander and charged with the administration of military justice.
- authority β The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
- court β A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.
- critic β A critic is a person who writes about and expresses opinions about things such as books, films, music, or art.
- expert β A person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area.
- inspector β a person who inspects.
- referee β one to whom something is referred, especially for decision or settlement; arbitrator.
- adjudicator β a judge, esp in a competition
- appraiser β An appraiser is someone whose job is to estimate the cost or value of something such as property.
- arbiter β An arbiter is a person or institution that judges and settles a quarrel between two other people or groups.
- assessor β An assessor is a person who is employed to calculate the value of something, or the amount of money that should be paid, for example in tax.
- bench β A bench is a long seat of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on.
- chancellor β Chancellor is the title of the head of government in Germany and Austria.
- conciliator β a person who conciliates.
- evaluator β Agent noun of evaluate; one who evaluates.
- honour β to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
- honor β honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- intercessor β a person who intercedes.
- intermediary β an intermediate agent or agency; a go-between or mediator.
- interpreter β a person who interprets.
- judiciary β the judicial branch of government.
- marshal β a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- moderator β a person or thing that moderates.
- negotiator β to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- ombudsman β a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- peacemaker β a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
- reconciler β to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- umpire β a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
- warden β any of several pears having a crisp, firm flesh, used in cookery.
- arbitrator β a person selected to judge a dispute; arbiter, esp. one, as in collective bargaining negotiations, named with the consent of both sides
- reviewer β a person who reviews.
- connoisseur β A connoisseur is someone who knows a lot about the arts, food, drink, or some other subject.
verb judge
- arbitrate β When someone in authority arbitrates between two people or groups who are in dispute, they consider all the facts and make an official decision about who is right.
- adjudicate β If you adjudicate on a dispute or problem, you make an official judgment or decision about it.
- mediate β to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- try β to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
- adjudge β If someone is adjudged to be something, they are judged or considered to be that thing.
- appreciate β If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
- assess β When you assess a person, thing, or situation, you consider them in order to make a judgment about them.
- conclude β If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
- consider β If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- criticize β If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- criticise β criticize
- decide β If you decide to do something, you choose to do it, usually after you have thought carefully about the other possibilities.
- derive β If you derive something such as pleasure or benefit from a person or from something, you get it from them.
- determine β If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- discern β to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.