verdict

1 a position arrived at after consideration the marketing consultant's verdict was that we were doing just fine Synonyms award, call, conclusion, deliverance, determination, diagnosis, judgment (or judgement), opinion, resolution, decisionRelated Words behest, charge, commandment, decree, dictate, directive, edict, instruction, mandate, order, word; last word, say-so; adjudication, disposition, doom, finding, ruling, sentence; choice, option, selection; consensus; belief, conviction, eye, feeling, mind, notion, persuasion, sentiment, viewNear Antonyms deadlock, draw, halt, stalemate, standoff, tie

2 an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge was anxious to hear her best friend's verdict on her new boyfriend Synonyms belief, conviction, eye, feeling, judgment (or judgement), mind, notion, persuasion, sentiment, opinion, viewRelated Words say; impression, perception, take; attitude; assumption, presumption, presupposition; conclusion, decision, determination; deliverance, esteem, estimate, estimation; credence, credit, faith; concept, conception, idea, thought; position, stance, stand; comment, obiter dictum, observation, reflection, remark; conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, surmise, theory; advice, input, recommendation, suggestion; angle, outlook, perspective, shoes, slant, standpoint, viewpoint; counterviewNear Antonyms fact, truth