- judge
- n1. justice, magistrate, judicator, adjudicator, U.S. surrogate, Inf. his Honor, Islam. mullah, cadi; justice of the peace, Inf.J.P., circuit judge, Inf. circuit rider, judge of probate, police court judge, Supreme Court judge, Chief Justice; (collectively) judiciary.2. arbiter, arbitrator, mediator, moderator, censor, umpire, Inf. ump, referee, Inf. ref, linesman.3. connoisseur, virtuoso, one of the cognoscenti; critic, reviewer, appraiser, evaluator, assessor, Latin, arbiter elegantiae.v4. adjudge, adjudicate, referee, Inf. ref, umpire, Inf. ump; rule, find, hold, Sports. call; pass sentence, give a verdict, pronounce a verdict, settle, decree.5. hear evidence, hear arguments, consider, regard, examine; investigate, appraise, diagnose, review, survey, value, assess, size up, weigh, measure, gauge; try, test, Inf. test-drive.6. think, reckon, conclude, determine, deduce, believe, form an opinion; interpret, gather, figure out, ascertain, perceive, derive, glean; deem, decide, decide upon, make a judgment, resolve; referee, mediate, arbitrate, umpire.7. estimate, make an estimate, guess, surmise, infer, conjecture, suppose, assume, suspect.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.