Synonyms of the word

referee

• n. (sports) An umpire or judge; the official who makes sure the rules are followed during a game.
• n. A person who settles a dispute.
• n. A person who writes a letter of reference or provides a reference by phone call for someone.
• n. An expert who judges the manuscript of an article or book to decide if it should be published.
• v. To act as a referee.

attorney

• n. (US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
• n. (UK 19th century and earlier) One such who practised in the courts of the common law (cf solicitor, proctor).
• n. (Britain, 20th century and later, rare, usually pejorative) A solicitor.
• n. (obsolete outside set phrases) An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.
• n. (Philippines) A title given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do…

critic

• n. A person who appraises the works of others.
• n. A specialist in judging works of art.
• n. One who criticizes; a person who finds fault.
• n. An opponent.
• n. Obsolete form of critique (an act of criticism).
• n. Obsolete form of critique (the art of criticism).
• v. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To criticise.

critique

• n. The art of criticism.
• n. An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
• n. A point made to criticize something.
• n. (obsolete) A critic; one who criticises.
• v. (US) To review something.

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.

lawyer

• n. A professional person qualified (as by a law degree and/or bar exam) and authorized to practice law, i…
• n. By extension, a legal layman who argues points of law.
• v. (informal, intransitive) To practice law.
• v. (intransitive) To perform, or attempt to perform, the work of a lawyer.
• v. (intransitive) To make legalistic arguments.
• v. (informal, transitive) To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.

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.

reader

• n. A person who reads a publication.
• n. A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
• n. A proofreader.
• n. A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.
• n. (chiefly Britain) A university lecturer below a professor.
• n. Any device that reads something.
• n. A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
• n. An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.
• n. A literary anthology.
• n. A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
• n. A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.

ref

• n. (informal) A referee.
• n. (Philippines, informal) A refrigerator.
• n. Abbreviation of reference.
• n. Abbreviation of refectory.
• v. (informal) To referee; to act as a referee in a sport or game.

review

• n. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
• n. An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
• n. (law) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
• n. A stage show made up of sketches etc.
• n. A survey of the available items or material.
• n. A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
• n. A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
• n. A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
• v. To survey; to look broadly over.
• v. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
• v. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
• v. (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
• v. (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.

reviewer

• n. A person who writes critical reviews for a newspaper or other publication; a critic.

umpire

• n. (tennis) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
• n. (cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
• n. (baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
• n. (American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
• n. (Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play…
• n. (law) A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
• v. (sports, intransitive) To act as an umpire in a game.
• v. (transitive) To decide as an umpire; to arbitrate; to settle (a dispute, etc.).