sports official
Calls the fouls
A sports official is a person who enforces the rules during athletic competition—referees, umpires, judges, and similar roles.
Officials make calls on fouls, violations, and scoring, and their decisions are typically final: The sports official ruled the ball out of bounds.
The term covers anyone with rule-enforcement authority, from professional referees to volunteer umpires at youth games.
- refereeSports rule enforcer
- umpireSports match official
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
- stripedHaving contrasting bands
- foulOffensive or illegal
foul ball · penalty · penalty box · bad call · call · flag · sideline · out of bounds · goal line · judge · home plate · linesman · yellow card · red card · ejection · replay · review · blind
- adjudicatorsarbiter, arbiters, arbitrator, arbitrators, referee
- guidesguide, research guide, guidebook, tour guide, hiking guide
- officialsbailiff, bureaucrat, congressman, governor-general, commissioner
sports officialplayer
Game participant
athlete · competitor · contestant · team member · sportsman
sport, sports, sporting, sporty, sportive, sportsman, sportsmanship, official, officials