judge

Meanings

• a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
• an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
• determine the result of (a competition)
• form a critical opinion of
  • "I cannot judge some works of modern art"
• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
• pronounce judgment on
• put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
  • "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"

Synonyms

adjudicate, approximate, estimate, evaluate, evaluator, gauge, guess, jurist, justice, label, pass judgment, pronounce, try