judge

Nouns

  • (n) a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice jurist, justice,
  • (n) an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality evaluator,

Verbs

  • (v) determine the result of (a competition)
  • (v) form a critical opinion of
    • I cannot judge some works of modern art
    • How do you evaluate this grant proposal?
    • We shouldn't pass judgment on other people
    pass judgment, evaluate,
  • (v) judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
    • I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
    estimate, gauge, approximate, guess,
  • (v) pronounce judgment on
    • They labeled him unfit to work here
    pronounce, label,
  • (v) put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
    • The football star was tried for the murder of his wife
    • The judge tried both father and son in separate trials
    adjudicate, try,

Synonyms

jurist justice evaluator pass judgment evaluate estimate gauge approximate guess pronounce label adjudicate try

See also

overestimate overrate lowball underestimate

Words of close approximity

Juda Jude judo
Judah judas Judea
judge advocate judge advocate general judgement judgement by default Judgement Day judgement in personam judgement in rem judgement of dismissal judgement on the merits judgement on the pleadings Judges judgeship judge's robe