All referee synonyms
refΒ·erΒ·ee
R r noun referee
- chancellor β Chancellor is the title of the head of government in Germany and Austria.
- quarterback β a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- ombudsman β a government official who hears and investigates complaints by private citizens against other officials or government agencies.
- adjudicator β a judge, esp in a competition
- jurisprudent β versed in jurisprudence.
- conciliator β a person who conciliates.
- fixer β a person or thing that fixes.
- go-between β a person who acts as an agent or intermediary between persons or groups; emissary.
- moderator β a person or thing that moderates.
- advisor β one who gives advice.
- alleviator β a person or thing that alleviates.
- judge β Alan L(aVern) born 1932, U.S. astronaut.
- 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.
- marriage broker β a person who arranges marriages, usually between strangers, for a fee.
- interceder β to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition: to intercede with the governor for a condemned man.
- matchmaker β a person who makes matches for burning.
- compromiser β a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands.
- adjudicators β Plural form of adjudicator.
- arbiter β An arbiter is a person or institution that judges and settles a quarrel between two other people or groups.
- evaluator β Agent noun of evaluate; one who evaluates.
- intermediator β to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- appraiser β An appraiser is someone whose job is to estimate the cost or value of something such as property.
- holdout β an act or instance of holding out.
- magister β Master; sir: -- a title of the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a license from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- buttinski β a person who interferes in the affairs of others; meddler.
- arbitrator β a person selected to judge a dispute; arbiter, esp. one, as in collective bargaining negotiations, named with the consent of both sides
- interagent β An intermediate agent or middleman.
- mediator β a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
verb referee
- adjudge β If someone is adjudged to be something, they are judged or considered to be that thing.
- adjudicate β If you adjudicate on a dispute or problem, you make an official judgment or decision about it.
- negotiate 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.
- horse trading β the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- chaired β a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- dooming β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- chairing β a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
- moderate β kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- intermediating β to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
- make peace β the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.
- 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.
- come to terms β to reach acceptance or agreement
- mediate β to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
- concerting β a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.