Synonyms of justices

justices

noun

plural of justice

as in judges

a public official having authority to decide questions of law

a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of justices

On Monday, the first day of the Supreme Court's new term, the justices will hear the Boulder case that could decide the fate of others like it. — Lindsay Whitehurst, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Alito’s concerns are not unfounded, as threats to members in recent history have raised alarm about justices’ safety. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026

Last term the justices deadlocked on the issue in a separate case after Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused herself because of a conflict. — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Only eight of the nine justices will be on the bench, though. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

The owner of Banco Master, a bank that offered above-market interest rates, is alleged to have given side payments and lucrative contracts to families of Supreme Court justices and loaned his private jets to justices for personal travel. — Matias Spektor, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026

Book banning today Despite the fact that the justices ruled that books cannot be banned on partisan or political grounds, book banning has been on the rise in America since 2020. — Susan Farrell, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

Intended for short, procedural orders, the justices have instead been using the docket to make substantive legal decisions with perfunctory orders that offer thin or zero legal reasoning, after minimal briefing and, often, no oral argument. — Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2026

The court’s three liberal-leaning justices publicly dissented from the decision. — Ali Swenson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026