· a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

Synonym(s): justice, jurist

Hypernym(s): official, functionary, adjudicator

· an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

Synonym(s): evaluator

Hypernym(s): authority

· determine the result of (a competition)

Hypernym(s): decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate

· form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

Synonym(s): evaluate, pass_judgment

Hypernym(s): think, cogitate, cerebrate

· judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

Synonym(s): estimate, gauge, approximate, guess

Hypernym(s): calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work_out, reckon, figure

· pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"

Synonym(s): pronounce, label

Hypernym(s): declare, adjudge, hold

· put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

Synonym(s): adjudicate, try

Hypernym(s): decide, make_up_one%27s_mind, determine