judge

judge

noun

Definition of JUDGE

1

a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy <their father always played the role of judge when there was a disagreement between the siblings>

Synonyms adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, referee, umpire

Related Words jurist, justice, magistrate; intermediary, intermediate, mediator, mediatrix, moderator, negotiator; conciliator, go-between, peacemaker, reconciler, troubleshooter; decider

2

a public official having authority to decide questions of law <the judge gave the defendant a suspended sentence>

Synonyms adjudicator, beak [chiefly British], bench, court, jurist, justice, magistrate

Related Words chief justice, circuit judge, justice of the peace, squire; auditor, master; jurisconsult, jurisprudent