scorekeeper

Game tally person

A scorekeeper is a person who records and maintains the score during a game or competition.

The term extends to anyone who tracks progress or tallies results: She appointed herself scorekeeper of his failures.

In figurative use, keeping score suggests monitoring wins and losses in relationships or disputes: Marriage works better when neither partner is the scorekeeper.

records

ledger

Financial record book

scoresheet · entries · documentation · database · log · chronicle · statistics · archives · registry · minutes

sports

timer

Duration-tracking mechanism

quarter · half · overtime · goal · point · assist · turnover · foul · penalty · time-out

tally

count

Reckon a total

tabulate · enumerate · track · log · register · record · compute · reckon · aggregate · accumulate

official

referee

Sports rule enforcer

timekeeper · adjudicator · monitor · overseer · supervisor · scrutineer · validator · assessor · auditor · inspector

Categories
Opposites
participation role

scorekeeperplayer

Game participant

competitor · contestant · participant · athlete · performer

authority/decision-making

scorekeeperreferee

Sports rule enforcer

judge · umpire · arbiter · official · decision-maker

Family

scorekeeping, scorekeepers

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G