Judge

Noun

 * 1) A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
 * 2) A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
 * 3) A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
 * 4) A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.

Verb

 * 1)  To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
 * 2)  To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
 * 3)  To form an opinion on.
 * 4)  To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
 * 5)  To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
 * 6)  To form an opinion; to infer.
 * 7)  To criticize or label another person or thing.

Adjectives for Judge
existing; rash; self-appointed; sagacious; equitable; discriminating; sympathetic; competent; imaginary; sole; honorable; terrible; ruthless; fitting; elective; dyspeptic; supreme; eminent; worthy; rightful; ecclesiastical; upright; learned; fastidious; capable; brutal; wicked; finicky; frowning; dispassionate; wanton; constitutional; capital; shrewd; disinterested; favorable.

Verbs for Judge
appeal to—; appear before—; appoint—; elect—; impeach—; oust—; —administers; —admonishes; —assigns; —authorizes; — awards; —condemns; —deliberates; —determines; —grants; —hears; —holds; —investigates; —outlaws; —pardons; —penalizes; -—presides; —pronounces; —sentences; —weighs.

Adverbs for Judge
summarily; harshly; rigidly; rashly; righteously; wrathfully; hastily; cursorily; superficially; sentimentally; sagaciously; discriminatingly; equitably; competently; ruthlessly; ecclesiastically; learnedly; fastidiously; brutally; wickedly; wantonly; constitutionally; disinterestedly; impartially; inflexibly; objectively; adversely; shallowly.

Thesaurus
account, account as, act between, adjudge, adjudicate, adjudicator, administer, administer justice, administrate, allow, amateur, appraise, appraiser, appreciate, approximate, arbiter, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter of taste, arbitrate, arbitrator, assess, assume, authority, bargain, be afraid, be judicious, beak, believe, bon vivant, call, charge the jury, check, cognoscente, collect, collector, conceive, conciliator, conclude, conduct a trial, conjecture, connaisseur, connoisseur, consider, count, court, critic, daresay, decide, decree, deduce, deduct, deem, deemster, demonstrate, dempster, derive, determine, dilettante, draw, epicure, epicurean, esteem, estimate, evaluate, evaluator, exercise judgment, expect, expert, express an opinion, fancy, find, form an opinion, gather, go between, good judge, gourmand, gourmet, guess, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have the idea, hear, hold, hold as, imagine, impartial arbitrator, infer, intercede, intermediary, intermediate, interpose, intervene, judger, judicator, jurist, justice, look upon as, magistrate, maintain, make, make out, make terms, maven, measure, mediate, mediator, meet halfway, moderate, moderator, negotiate, negotiator, opine, pass sentence, peacemaker, pine, place, preside, presume, pronounce sentence, prove, put, rate, reckon, reconciler, referee, refined palate, regard, represent, review, reviewer, rule, set down as, settle, show, sit in judgment, size up, step in, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, take for, take it, test, think, think of, third party, treat with, trow, try, try a case, umpire, unbiased observer, value, view as, virtuoso, ween, weigh

Etymology
From juge:, juger:, ultimately from  iudico:, from iudicem:, from iudex:, from ius: + dicus:.

Synonyms

 * justice, sheriff

Derived terms

 * sober as a judge

Related terms

 * abjudge
 * abjudicate
 * adjudicate


 * judgment
 * judicator
 * judicial
 * judiciary
 * prejudice

Noun

 * Afrikaans: regter
 * Arabic: قاض,   القاضي,  قضاء
 * Armenian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: jutge
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kohtunik
 * Ewe:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κριτής
 * Modern: δικαστής (dikastís)
 * Hiligaynon:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: dómari
 * Irish: breitheamh
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: ,
 * Kamba:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: tiesnesis
 * Lithuanian: teisėjas
 * Lower Sorbian: ,
 * Luhya: ,
 * Luo:
 * Malay:
 * Meru:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: sodnik, sodnica
 * Sotho: moahlodi
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish: domare
 * Tagalog: ,


 * Bosnian:
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Ewe:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Latin:


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: судья (sud’já)
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: razsodnik, sodnik , sodnica
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: domare
 * Taos: cùpána


 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: àrbitre
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: dómari
 * Italian: ,


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: судья (sud’já)
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: sodnik, sodnica
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: domare


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, beoordelaar
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: dómbær, sérfróður, hafa gott vit á,  hafa vit á


 * Italian:
 * Latin: existimator
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: судья (sud’já)
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: kännare


 * : gjyqtar
 * : barner
 * : juĝisto
 * : שופט (shofet)


 * : dommer
 * : judikere, judikiste
 * : న్యాయమూర్తి (nyaayamoorti)
 * : hâkim, yargıç

Verb

 * Ancient Greek: κρίνω (krinō)
 * Bosnian:, ,
 * Catalan: jutjar
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe:
 * French:
 * German: richten, ein Urteil fällen über
 * Hungarian: elbírál
 * Italian:
 * Latin:


 * Latvian: tiesāt
 * Lithuanian: teisti
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: судить
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: судити, осудити, пресудити
 * Roman:, ,
 * Slovene: soditi
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: döma


 * Ancient Greek: κρίνω (krinō)
 * Bosnian:
 * Catalan: jutjar
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, rechtspreken
 * Ewe:
 * French:
 * German: urteilen, eine Verhandlung führen
 * Hungarian: ítélkezik
 * Latvian: tiesāt


 * Lithuanian: teisėjauti
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: судить
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: судити
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: soditi
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: döma


 * Ancient Greek: κρίνω (krinō)
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: megítél


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: судить
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Slovene: soditi
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: bedöma


 * Ancient Greek: κρίνω (krinō)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, bemiddelen
 * French:
 * German: Schiedsrichter sein
 * Hungarian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: рассудить (rassudít')
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Slovene: razsoditi
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: bedöma, avgöra


 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * German: einschätzen als
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: bedöma


 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian: következtet


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: bedöma, uppskatta


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: döma, kritisera


 * : gjykon
 * : barn
 * : juĝi
 * : giudicare


 * : 判断する (はんだんする, handan suru)
 * : dømme, avgjøre
 * : judika
 * : hükmektmek, yargıya varmak
 * : hükmektmek, yargıya varmak