adjudicators
Those who decide
Adjudicators are people who make formal judgments or decisions, especially in competitions, disputes, or legal proceedings.
The term suggests official authority—an adjudicator at a debate tournament scores performances, while adjudicators in immigration or insurance cases rule on claims.
The adjudicators deliberated for hours before announcing the winner.
Legal proceeding overseers
- arbitratorsNeutral third-party deciders
- magistratesCivil judicial officers
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
- benchShared seating surface
panelists · referees · umpires · mediators · justices · barristers · rulings · verdicts
Legal proceeding overseers
- panelistsDiscussion group members
- scorersThose who record points
- evaluatorsThose who judge quality
- ratersPeople who assess quality
critics · examiners · jury · marking · scoring · rankings · contestants · auditions
Those who scrutinize officially
- reviewersThose who assess work
- assessorsThose who evaluate worth
- evaluatorsThose who judge quality
- gradersThose who assign scores
dissertation committee · thesis defense · peer review · viva voce · moderators · accreditation · plagiarism · appeals
Staff handling client needs
- ombudsmanPublic complaints investigator
- commissionersOfficials heading regulatory bodies
- inspectorsThose who examine officially
- regulatorsEntities enforcing compliance
appeals board · licensing boards · zoning boards · compliance officers · determinations · hearings · petitions · bureaucracy
judges
Legal proceeding overseers
- arbitratorsNeutral third-party deciders
- magistratesCivil judicial officers
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
bench · panelists · referees · umpires · mediators · justices · barristers · rulings · verdicts · deliberation
judges
Legal proceeding overseers
- panelistsDiscussion group members
- scorersThose who record points
- evaluatorsThose who judge quality
raters · critics · examiners · jury · marking · scoring · rankings · contestants · auditions · pageants
examiners
Those who scrutinize officially
- reviewersThose who assess work
- assessorsThose who evaluate worth
- evaluatorsThose who judge quality
graders · dissertation committee · thesis defense · peer review · viva voce · moderators · accreditation · plagiarism · appeals · qualifications
caseworkers
Staff handling client needs
- ombudsmanPublic complaints investigator
- commissionersOfficials heading regulatory bodies
- inspectorsThose who examine officially
regulators · appeals board · licensing boards · zoning boards · compliance officers · determinations · hearings · petitions · bureaucracy · due process
- legal professionlawyers, attorneys, solicitors, solicitor, barristers
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, folk dance
- organizationsorganization, organizations, company, companies, club
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting
- bandsmarching band, brass bands, concert band, marching bands, symphonic band
- decision-makersCEO, CFO, COO, executive, boss
adjudicatorscontestants
Competition participants
competitors · participants · entrants · candidates · disputants
adjudicatorslitigants
Parties in a lawsuit
disputants · claimants · defendants · plaintiffs · petitioners
adjudicatorsadvocates
Those who support causes
partisans · interested parties · stakeholders · lobbyists · supporters