examiner

One who probes

An examiner is someone who conducts an examination—testing knowledge, inspecting documents, or investigating claims.

The word appears in formal contexts: a medical examiner determines cause of death, a bank examiner audits financial records, a patent examiner reviews applications.

In education, an examiner grades tests or conducts oral assessments.

evaluator

assessor

One who estimates value

auditor · inspector · analyst · checker · marker · rater · scorer · verifier · validator · surveyor

investigator

investigator

One who examines evidence

prober · scrutinizer · interrogator · coroner · fact-finder · watchdog

assessment

evaluation

Determining worth or quality

testing · review · appraisal · critique · analysis · feedback · rating · judgment · results · pass

interviewer

questioner

One who poses inquiries

screener · board member · recruiter · hiring manager

authority

regulator

Device maintaining steady output

controller · monitor · compliance officer · accreditor

newspaper

tabloid

Sensationalist newspaper format

circulation · editorial

Categories
Opposites
evaluation role

examinerexaminee

Person being tested

student · candidate · test-taker · testee · applicant

knowledge verification direction

examinerexaminee

Person being tested

answerer · defendant · patient

scrutiny direction

examinersubject

Matter under discussion

specimen · patient · auditee · inspectee

Phrases
Family

examine, examination, examined, examining, examines, examinations, reexamine, examiners, unexamined

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