Synonyms of the word

judge

• n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering…
• n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
• n. A person officiating at a sports or similar event.
• n. A person whose opinion on a subject is respected.
• v. (transitive) To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
• v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
• v. (transitive) To form an opinion on.
• v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
• v. (transitive) To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
• v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.

adjudge

• v. To declare to be.
• v. To deem or determine to be.
• v. To award judicially; to assign.

adjudicate

• v. To settle a legal case or other dispute.
• v. To act as a judge.

adjudicator

• n. One who adjudicates.

approximate

• adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
• adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
• v. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
• v. To come near to; to approach.
• v. To estimate.

authority

• n. ability to decide, control.
• n. (uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.
• n. (used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.
• n. (countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.
• n. Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.

calculate

• v. (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical…
• v. (intransitive, mathematics) To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
• v. (intransitive, US, dialect) To plan; to expect; to think.
• v. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other…
• v. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of…

cerebrate

• v. To think or cogitate; especially so as to make inferences or decisions or to solve problems.

cipher

• n. A numeric character.
• n. Any text character.
• n. A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram.
• n. A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
• n. (cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into…
• n. Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
• n. A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods.
• n. A design of interlacing initials: a decorative design consisting of a set of interlaced initials.
• n. (music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been…
• n. A hip-hop jam session.
• n. The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
• n. Someone or something of no importance.
• n. (dated) Zero.
• v. (regional, dated) To calculate.

cogitate

• v. (intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.
• v. (transitive) To consider, to devise.

compute

• v. To reckon or calculate.
• v. (informal) To make sense.
• n. (computing, informal) computational power.

cypher

• n. Alternative spelling of cipher.
• v. Alternative spelling of cipher.

decide

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
• v. (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
• v. (transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision.
• v. (obsolete) To cut off; to separate.

declare

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret.
• v. (intransitive) To make a declaration.
• v. (transitive) To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though…
• v. (transitive) To announce something formally or officially.
• v. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result.
• v. (transitive) To affirm or state something emphatically.
• v. (transitive) To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income,…
• v. (transitive) To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
• v. (transitive, programming) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing…

determine

• v. To set the boundaries or limits of.
• v. To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
• v. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle.
• v. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; with a remoter object preceded by to.
• v. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence;…
• v. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead.
• v. (logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia.
• v. (obsolete) To bring to an end; to finish.

estimate

• n. A rough calculation or guess.
• n. (construction and business) A document (or verbal notification) specifying how much a job will probably…
• n. An upper limitation on some positive quantity.
• v. To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
• v. To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data.

evaluate

• v. (transitive) to draw conclusions from examining; to assess.
• v. (transitive, mathematics) to compute or determine the value of (an expression).
• v. (transitive, computing, mathematics) To return or have a specific value.

evaluator

• n. Agent noun of evaluate; one who evaluates.

figure

• n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
• n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially,…
• n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
• n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
• n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
• n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
• n. A numeral.
• n. A number.
• n. A shape.
• n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
• n. A dance figure, a complex dance move^W.
• n. A figure of speech.
• n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
• n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
• n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single…
• n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
• v. To solve a mathematical problem.
• v. To come to understand.
• v. (intransitive) To be reasonable.
• v. (transitive) To enter, be a part of.
• v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal;…
• v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
• v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
• v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
• v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
• v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying…
• v. (music) To embellish.

functionary

• n. A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited…
• n. A paper-pusher, bean counter.

gauge

• n. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
• n. An act of measuring.
• n. Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the level, state, dimensions or forms of things.
• n. A thickness of sheet metal or wire designated by any of several numbering schemes.
• n. (rail transport) The distance between the rails of a railway.
• n. (mathematics, analysis) A semi-norm; a function that assigns a non-negative size to all vectors in a vector…
• n. (knitting) The number of stitches per inch, centimetre, or other unit of distance.
• n. (nautical) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind.
• n. (nautical) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
• n. (plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to make it set more quickly.
• n. That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of…
• n. (firearms) A unit of measurement which describes how many spheres of bore diameter of a shotgun can be…
• n. (slang, by extension) A shotgun (synecdoche for 12 gauge shotgun, the most common chambering for combat…
• n. A tunnel-like ear piercing consisting of a hollow ring embedded in the lobe.
• v. (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
• v. (transitive) To estimate.
• v. (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
• v. (textile, transitive) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
• v. (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
• v. (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

guess

• v. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
• v. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
• v. (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
• v. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
• n. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

jurist

• n. A judge.
• n. An expert in law or jurisprudence.

justice

• n. The state or characteristic of being just or fair.
• n. The ideal of fairness, impartiality, etc., especially with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing.
• n. Judgment and punishment of a party who has allegedly wronged another.
• n. The civil power dealing with law.
• n. A title given to judges of certain courts; capitalized as a title.
• n. Correctness, conforming to reality or rules.

label

• n. A small ticket or sign giving information about something to which it is attached or intended to be attached.
• n. A name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group.
• n. (music) A company that sells records.
• n. (computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
• n. (computing) A named place in source code that can be jumped to using a GOTO or equivalent construct.
• n. (heraldry) A charge resembling the strap crossing the horse’s chest from which pendants are hung.
• n. (obsolete) A tassel.
• n. A piece of writing added to something, such as a codicil appended to a will.
• n. A brass rule with sights, formerly used with a circumferentor to take altitudes.
• n. (architecture) The projecting moulding by the sides, and over the tops, of openings in mediaeval architecture.
• n. In mediaeval art, the representation of a band or scroll containing an inscription.
• v. (transitive) To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
• v. (transitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
• v. (biochemistry) To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of…
• v. (biochemistry) To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance…

magistrate

• n. (law) A judicial officer with limited authority to administer and enforce the law. A magistrate's court…
• n. (historical) A high official of the state or a municipality in ancient Greece or Rome.
• n. (historical, by extension) A comparable official in medieval or modern institutions.
• n. (Quebec) A master's degree.

official

• adj. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
• adj. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue…
• adj. Approved by authority; authorized.
• adj. sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
• adj. Discharging an office or function.
• adj. Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
• adj. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the…
• adj. True, real, beyond doubt.
• n. An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
• n. A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.

overestimate

• v. To judge too highly.
• n. An estimation that ends up being too high.

pronounce

• v. (transitive) To formally declare, officially or ceremoniously.
• v. (intransitive) To pass judgment.
• v. (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
• v. (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
• v. (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
• v. (transitive) To read aloud.

reckon

• v. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
• v. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account;…
• v. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
• v. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by…
• v. (intransitive) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
• v. To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and…

resolve

• v. (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
• v. (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
• v. (transitive) To solve again.
• v. (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something.
• v. (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
• v. To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate;…
• v. To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
• v. (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
• v. (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code;…
• v. (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
• v. (rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
• v. (medicine, dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
• v. (obsolete) To relax; to lay at ease.
• v. (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
• n. Determination, will power.

settle

• v. (transitive) To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively;…
• v. (transitive) To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
• v. (transitive) To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or…
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To pay (a bill).
• v. (transitive) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous…
• v. (Britain, dialectal) To silence, especially by force; by extension, to kill.
• v. (transitive) To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
• v. (transitive) To place or arrange in(to) a desired state, or make final disposition of (something).
• v. (transitive) To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to…
• v. (transitive) In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
• v. (transitive, law) To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
• v. (transitive) To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
• v. (transitive) To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take…
• v. (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
• v. (transitive) To cause to sink down or to be deposited (as dregs, sediment, etc).
• v. (transitive) To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
• v. (transitive) To put into (proper) place; to make sit properly.
• v. (transitive, of an animal) To impregnate.
• v. (intransitive) To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare…
• v. (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (intransitive)…
• v. (intransitive, usually with "down", "in", "on" or another preposition) To become stationary or fixed;…
• v. (intransitive) To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have…
• v. (intransitive) To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively…
• v. (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
• v. (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house,…
• v. (intransitive) To become compact due to sinking.
• v. (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
• v. (intransitive) To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a jointure for a spouse.
• v. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) (intransitive,…
• n. (archaic) A seat of any kind.
• n. (now rare) A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
• n. (obsolete) A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare…

think

• v. (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's head.
• v. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem.
• v. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on).
• v. (transitive) To be of the opinion (that).
• v. (transitive) To guess; to reckon.
• v. (transitive) To consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.
• v. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something).
• v. To presume; to venture.
• n. (chiefly Britain) An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
• v. (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear.

try

• v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
• v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
• v. To test, to work out.
• v. To experiment, to strive.
• v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
• v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
• v. (slang, chiefly African American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want.
• n. An attempt.
• n. An act of tasting or sampling.
• n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
• n. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
• n. (American football) a field goal or extra point.
• adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.

underestimate

• v. (transitive) To perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what…
• n. An estimate or perception that is too low.