Synonyms of adjudicating

adjudicating

verb

present participle of adjudicate

as in deciding

to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)

when we asked the salesclerk to adjudicate our disagreement, she agreed with me that the white shoes looked better

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deciding
• determining
• settling
• judging
• arbitrating
• adjudging
• resolving
• prosecuting
• hearing
• considering
• weighing
• refereeing
• ruling (on)
• umpiring
• concluding
• mediating
• deliberating
• deeming
• pondering
• negotiating
• trying
• moderating
• sizing up
• finding (for or against)
• redetermining
• rejudging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hedging
• skirting
• equivocating
• pussyfooting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of adjudicating

And when adjudicating this kind of accident, the courts tend to favor lenience. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The House’s post-#MeToo rule changes in 2018 clarified that members cannot pursue relationships with their own staff and created a new process for adjudicating harassment claims. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 July 2026

But the speech gave him a fresh outrage through which to revisit an old defeat, accuse his own government of betrayal and force the press to spend the evening adjudicating his claims. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026

The final overriding decision was therefore not simply a process of adjudicating biological facts, but a judgment about what classification might do. — Max Moser, STAT, 9 July 2026

After Coroner Scott Sayers denied the request, Sherwood successfully appealed to the Office of Open Records, or OOR, a state agency responsible for adjudicating Right-To-Know Law disputes. — Jonah Walters, The Conversation, 24 June 2026

Rather than adjudicating guilt, the filmmakers opted to leave the question of truth open to viewers. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 June 2026

This inspired a lot of lawsuits that have winded their ways through the court system and the Supreme Court is adjudicating one of those lawsuits right now, basically interpreting the Constitution. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 June 2026

That agency is tasked with adjudicating appeals from federal employees regarding adverse actions taken against them. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026