Judge
Honorific for magistrates
A judge is an official who presides over legal proceedings, deciding questions of law and sometimes determining guilt or sentencing.
By extension, anyone who evaluates or decides can be a judge: judges at a talent competition, a good judge of character.
To judge is to form an opinion or make a determination: Don't judge me.
Judgment often carries moral weight—to judge someone is to assess their conduct, sometimes critically: Who are you to judge?
Trial venue or sports surface
- verdictOfficial court decision
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
- benchShared seating surface
- robeLong loose outer garment
ruling · sentence · chambers · courtroom · bailiff · docket · hearing · trial
Distinct flat section
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- contestantCompetition participant
- auditionTrial performance for selection
- talentInborn aptitude
pageant · Olympic · rubric · marks · ranking · finalist · elimination · feedback
Judge worth or quality
- determineEstablish through investigation
- weighDetermine mass or ponder
- considerThink about carefully
- appraiseDetermine value of
evaluate · critique · analyze · discern · measure · estimate · gauge · scrutinize
Declare wrong or guilty
- disapproveJudge as wrong
- moralizePontificate about ethics
- faultImperfection or blame
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
harsh · opinion · stereotype · assume · label · dismiss · scrutiny · hypocrite
Peaceable Hebrew name
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- DeborahFeminine Hebrew appellation
- SamsonBiblical figure with hair-bound might
Gideon · Israel · scripture · righteous · divine · tribes · deliverance · leadership
court
Trial venue or sports surface
robe · ruling · sentence · chambers · courtroom · bailiff · docket · hearing · trial · objection
panel
Distinct flat section
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- contestantCompetition participant
- auditionTrial performance for selection
talent · pageant · Olympic · rubric · marks · ranking · finalist · elimination · feedback · critique
assess
Judge worth or quality
appraise · evaluate · critique · analyze · discern · measure · estimate · gauge · scrutinize · review
condemn
Declare wrong or guilty
- disapproveJudge as wrong
- moralizePontificate about ethics
- faultImperfection or blame
blame · harsh · opinion · stereotype · assume · label · dismiss · scrutiny · hypocrite · self-righteous
Solomon
Peaceable Hebrew name
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- DeborahFeminine Hebrew appellation
Samson · Gideon · Israel · scripture · righteous · divine · tribes · deliverance · leadership · prophetic
- judgment dayFinal divine assessment
- snap judgmentRapid evaluation without deliberation
- judgment callDecision based on opinion
- pass judgmentReach official decision
- poor judgment
- judge and juryCombined legal authority
judgment, judged, prejudice, judges, judging, misjudge, judicious, judicial, prejudge