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adjudicator

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Synonyms and Antonyms of adjudicator

1 a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy

since they seemed to be in a hopeless stalemate, both labor and management agreed to use an independent adjudicator to decide the terms of the contract

Synonyms of adjudicator

arbiter, arbitrator, judge, referee, umpire

Words Related to adjudicator

jurist, justice, magistrate

intermediary, intermediate, mediator, mediatrix, moderator, negotiator

conciliator, go-between, peacemaker, reconciler, troubleshooter

2 a public official having authority to decide questions of law

the appellate court refused to hear the case, thus allowing the judgment of previous adjudicators to stand

Synonyms of adjudicator

beak [chiefly British], bench, court, judge, jurist, justice, magistrate

Words Related to adjudicator

chief justice, circuit judge, justice of the peace, squire

auditor, master

jurisconsult, jurisprudent

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