Judge

Quick meaning: Judge is a noun meaning A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

Meaning

A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.

More Meanings

1. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
2. A person officiating at a sports event, a contest, or similar; referee.
3. A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
4. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on (a person or matter).
5. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
6. (transitive) To judicially rule or determine.
7. (historical, biblical) A shophet, a temporary leader appointed in times of crisis in ancient Israel.

Example Sentences

She is a good judge of wine.

He was judged to die for his crimes.

Justices in this country judge without appeal.

A higher power will judge you after you are dead.

Word Forms

• judges
• judg
• judging
• judged

Synonyms for judge

Depending on context, synonyms include doomsman, judg, justice, justicer, justiciar, justiciary.

Antonyms for judge

Common opposites include nonjudge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include magistrate, jurist, justice, adjudicate, estimate, pronounce.

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