Definition: an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
Similar words: authority
Definition: an expert whose views are taken as definitive
Usage: he is an authority on corporate law
Synonyms: judge, jurist, justice
Definition: a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Similar words: adjudicator
Definition: a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes
Similar words: official, functionary
Definition: a worker who holds or is invested with an office
Synonyms: evaluate, judge, pass judgment
Definition: form a critical opinion of
Usage: I cannot judge some works of modern art; How do you evaluate this grant proposal? We shouldn't pass judgment on other people
Similar words: think, cogitate, cerebrate
Definition: use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
Usage: I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere
Synonyms: judge
Definition: determine the result of (a competition)
Similar words: settle, decide, adjudicate, resolve
Definition: bring to an end; settle conclusively
Usage: The case was decided; The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff; The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance
Synonyms: judge, approximate, estimate, gauge, guess
Definition: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
Usage: I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
Similar words: compute, cipher, calculate, cypher, reckon, work out, figure
Definition: make a mathematical calculation or computation
Synonyms: pronounce, label, judge
Definition: pronounce judgment on
Usage: They labeled him unfit to work here
Similar words: hold, declare, adjudge
Definition: declare to be
Usage: She was declared incompetent; judge held that the defendant was innocent
Synonyms: adjudicate, try, judge
Definition: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
Usage: The football star was tried for the murder of his wife; The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
Similar words: make up one's mind, determine, decide
Definition: reach, make, or come to a decision about something
Usage: We finally decided after lengthy deliberations