"judge" | Definition and Related Words

judge

Noun

A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice (synset 110244889)
is a type of:
- adjudicator - a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes
- functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office
subtypes:
- alcalde - a mayor or chief magistrate of a Spanish town
- chief justice - the judge who presides over a supreme court
- daniel - a wise and upright judge
- doge - formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
- justiciar, justiciary - formerly a high judicial officer
- magistrate - a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses)
- ordinary - a judge of a probate court
- praetor, pretor - an annually elected magistrate of the ancient Roman Republic
- qadi - an Islamic judge
- recorder - a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs
- trial judge - a judge in a trial court
- trier - one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
specific instances: samson - (Old Testament) a judge of Israel who performed herculean feats of strength against the Philistines until he was betrayed to them by his mistress Delilah

same as: jurist, justice
An authority who is able to estimate worth or quality (synset 110086539)
is a type of: authority - an expert whose views are taken as definitive
subtypes:
- appraiser, valuator - one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things
- arbiter, arbitrator, umpire - someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
- critic - anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
same as: evaluator

Verb

Determine the result of (a competition) (synset 200674196)
is a type of: adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle - bring to an end; settle conclusively

subtypes: referee, umpire - be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
Form a critical opinion of (synset 200672179)
"I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

is a type of: cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments
subtypes:
- grade, order, place, range, rank, rate - assign a rank or rating to
- stand - have or maintain a position or stand on an issue
- approve - judge to be right or commendable; think well of
- disapprove - consider bad or wrong
- choose - see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way
- prejudge - judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence
- appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value - evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
- reappraise - appraise anew
- reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge
- accept - consider or hold as true
- believe, conceive, consider, think - judge or regard; look upon; judge
- calculate, count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon - judge to be probable
- anticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely
- ascribe, assign, attribute, impute - attribute or credit to
- assign, attribute - decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
- disapprove, reject - deem wrong or inappropriate
- adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be
- critique, review - appraise critically
- fail - judge unacceptable
- pass - accept or judge as acceptable
- essay, examine, prove, test, try, try out - put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
same as: evaluate, pass judgment
Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) (synset 200674352)
"I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

is a type of: calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation
subtypes:
- quantise, quantize - approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values
- misgauge - gauge something incorrectly or improperly
- place, put, set - estimate
- give - estimate the duration or outcome of something
- lowball, underestimate - make a deliberately low estimate
- assess - estimate the value of (property) for taxation
- make - calculate as being
- count, reckon - take account of
- truncate - approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
- guesstimate - estimate based on a calculation
same as: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess
Pronounce judgment on (synset 200973682)
"They labeled him unfit to work here"

is a type of: adjudge, declare, hold - declare to be
subtypes:
- acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate, exonerate - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- convict - find or declare guilty
- tout - advertize in strongly positive terms
- find, rule - decide on and make a declaration about
- qualify - pronounce fit or able
- disqualify - declare unfit
- intonate, intone - speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
same as: label, pronounce
Put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of (synset 202506927)
"The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

is a type of: decide, determine, make up one's mind - reach, make, or come to a decision about something

subtypes: court-martial - subject to trial by court-martial

same as: adjudicate, try

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