Synonyms for judge

Synonyms for (noun) judge

Synonyms: evaluator, judge

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 for (verb) judge

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


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