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/ˈɑː.bɪ.tə(ɹ)/ · noun
A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator..
In order to protect individual liberty there must be an arbiter between the governing powers and the governed.
Television and film, not Vogue and similar magazines, are the arbiters of fashion.
The grapholect of Standard English is not the exclusive system that arbiters of cultural purity wish to 'correct' us into believing
The dreadnought is the ultimate arbiter of space warfare; millions of tons of metal, ceramic, and polymer dedicated to the projection of firepower against an enemy vessel of like ability. No sane commander would face a dreadnought with anything less than another dreadnought.
The arbiter shall use his best judgement when determining the times to be shown on the replacement chess clock.
Worse, since there was no institution to arbiter disagreements between Parliament and the government, whenever Parliament voted against the government on the smallest issues, coalitions fragmented, and governments had to be recomposed.
Use arbiter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Arbiter means A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator..
Common synonyms include arbitrator, supreme authority.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In order to protect individual liberty there must be an arbiter between the governing powers and the governed.
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