judge  

Thesaurus for judge

• noun
  • synonyms
    • justice, jurist, evaluator, adjudicator, authority, functionary, magistrate, official  
• verb
  • synonyms
    • evaluate, pass judgment, estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, pronounce, label, adjudicate, try, adjudge, calculate, cerebrate, cipher, cogitate, compute, cypher, decide, declare, determine, figure, hold, make up one's mind, reckon, resolve, settle, think, work out  
  • related terms
    • overestimate, underestimate  

Pronunciation of judge: JH AH1 JH (dʒədʒ)

Number of syllables of judge: 1

Definition of judge

• (n): an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality  
• (n): a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice  
• (v): form an opinion of or pass judgment on; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"  
• (v): determine the result of (a competition)  
• (v): judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"  
• (v): pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"  
• (v): put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"  

Examples of judge

• The district court judge heard the trial.  
• Jeffery Bent was the judge of the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature.  
• He persuaded the trial judge that the sentence was unsafe.  
• The trial judge or magistrate is the one who issues the continuance.  
• Failure of the judge to remedy it during the trial is reversible error.  
• That principle guided the judge during both the trial and the sentencing.  
• He was made a judge of the probate court.  
• Adams stated the judge at the trial was supportive of her.  
• At the trial, the judge commented that the accusation was unsupported.  
• The determination is left to the discretion of the trial judge.