Synonyms of judges

judges 1 of 2

noun

plural of judge

1

as in referees

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 & Similar Words

• referees
• umpires
• arbitrators
• magistrates
• negotiators
• jurists
• moderators
• arbiters
• adjudicators
• justices
• mediators
• intermediaries
• intermediates
• conciliators
• peacemakers
• reconcilers
• mediatrixes
• deciders
• troubleshooters
• go-betweens

2

as in courts

a public official having authority to decide questions of law

the judge gave the defendant a suspended sentence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• courts
• jurists
• magistrates
• justices
• benches
• adjudicators
• auditors
• circuit judges
• beaks
• justices of the peace
• squires
• masters
• chief justices
• jurisconsults
• jurisprudents

judges

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verb

present tense third-person singular of judge

1

as in decides

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

the committee will judge the case solely on the evidence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decides
• determines
• adjudges
• settles
• adjudicates
• referees
• arbitrates
• rules (on)
• umpires
• considers
• hears
• prosecutes
• resolves
• weighs
• deems
• concludes
• deliberates
• moderates
• ponders
• tries
• finds (for or against)
• mediates
• negotiates
• sizes up
• rejudges
• redetermines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hedges
• skirts
• equivocates
• pussyfoots

2

as in estimates

to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement

considering the amount of dough we have, I judge we'll get about six dozen cookies out of it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• estimates
• figures
• calculates
• makes
• guesses
• supposes
• gauges
• puts
• places
• calls
• reckons
• conjectures
• concludes
• understands
• reasons
• infers
• gathers
• deduces
• extrapolates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• measures
• scales
• calibrates
• works out
• computes

3

as in derives

to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information

I judge that the girl has had a troubled relationship with her mother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• derives
• understands
• decides
• concludes
• reasons
• thinks
• infers
• guesses
• deduces
• extrapolates
• assumes
• makes out
• draws a conclusion
• speculates
• reads
• gathers
• ascertains
• supposes
• interprets
• surmises
• conjectures
• contemplates
• construes
• finds out
• rationalizes
• philosophizes
• dopes (out)

4

as in thinks

to have as an opinion

I judge that he knew what kind of woman she was when he married her

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thinks
• believes
• figures
• considers
• guesses
• feels
• deems
• imagines
• supposes
• perceives
• conceives
• allows
• holds
• reckons
• esteems
• regards
• views
• assumes
• depends
• accepts
• trusts
• relies
• presumes
• presupposes
• concludes
• surmises
• infers
• deduces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suspects
• questions
• doubts
• distrusts
• rejects
• mistrusts
• discredits
• disbelieves

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of judges

Noun

The lawsuits ask judges to order the local governments to bring their housing plans into compliance with state law. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

There’s a lot of disagreement between the judges about who’s on the bottom from the remaining seven designers, though; two will be in, five will be out (and one of those five will be saved). — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 July 2026

The judges there named James Hundley, who had handled criminal and civil cases for more than 30 years, but the administration fired him. — Gene Johnson, Fortune, 16 July 2026

More than a dozen such cases have been dismissed by federal judges so far. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 16 July 2026

Then, the two judges would evaluate; each would buy four desserts, eliminating one. — Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026

Part of the drama on America’s Got Talent has always come from friction among the judges, who regularly have very different views of the acts before them. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

The judges found her design derivative, especially Nina Garcia. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 15 July 2026

Entering the gym, Ohashi giggled that so many of the judges from a decade ago were still there. — Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Verb

Which means Beijing is regulating what your fifteen-year-old does after dinner, behind a closed door, with an entity that never tires of them, never judges them, and never has a bad day of its own. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

But on the third day of qualifying for Wimbledon 2026, a power outage downed the electronic line-calling system that judges whether shots are in or out, causing matches across 18 courts to be suspended for over an hour. — Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 25 June 2026

This time, judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie convinced him to give the show another shot, igniting his journey all the way to the finale. — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026

The truck just leans into the work and gets on with life like a ranch foreman who drinks coffee black and silently judges your hitch setup. — New Atlas, 27 May 2026

Portnoy travels to cities around the world and judges their pizza scene by taking a single bite (or more) of a cheese pizza and giving it a review. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 26 May 2026

American Idol judges Lionel Richie, Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan reacted to Seacrest’s on-air announcement with a mix of shock and confusion. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026

In episode three, Mary judges Eleanor pretty harshly for her choices with Robert. — Brande Victorian, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026

The program, which launched last month, gave half a dozen Los Angeles County civil court judges access to AI software called Learned Hand. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026