Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "judge" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

criminal jury

Typical Location

courtroom wedding

Capable Of

allow bail clear defendant of all charges closing case consider arguments consider facts consider mitigating evidence consider whether person guilty decide criminal's fate decide criminal's sentence decide law fight intolerance fine accused fine citizen fine convict fine convicted criminal fine criminal fine damages fine defendant fine defendent fine for speeding fine law breaker fine lawyer fine offender fine person fine person found guilty fix speeding ticket fix ticket free convict of jail time hear arguments hear murder trial holding gavel judge defendant to guilty judge defendants to guilty judge races let criminal go free marry couple object to man's behaviour object to verdict order go to jail order sentence present contestant with prize question witness require testimony right wrong right wrongs rule in favor rule in favor of defendant rule inadmissable rule over case sentence criminal separate fact from fiction settle dispute settle legal case settle suit side with plaintiff sign warrant speak in court wave fine wrong accused

Derived Terms

Judges Judgy McJudgerson activist judge chief judge don't judge a book by its cover fighting little judge forejudge forjudge goal judge grave as a judge hanging judge ill-judged interjudge intrajudge judge a book by its cover judge advocate judge of fact judge, jury and executioner judge-made judge-made law judge-rapporteur judgeable judgecraft judgedom judgeful judgeless judgelike judgeling judgely judger judgeship judgess judgy lay judge learned judge line judge misjudge multijudge never judge a book by its cover no one should be judge in his own cause nonjudge nonjudged overjudge postjudge purple judge red judge rejudge sober as a judge sub-judge tell it to the judge the East German judge touch judge underjudge unjudge unjudgeable unjudged you can't judge a book by its cover

Desires

good reputation justice order

Distinct From

attorney jury

Etymologically Related To

deem doom

Has Part

primission to give sentence

First Subevents

decide if like find out truth know what listen to opening statements look at sit on jury

Last Subevents

make feel bad read verdict rendera judgement

Prerequisites

above reproach agree to in proper venue become judge become lawyer consider all of relevant facts criticize disagree with what doing first understand situation form opinions about go to law school ignore own faults knock off know know all facts know person first look in mirror make assessment n't observe prepared to judged put yourself in place search for truth first selected for jury duty think about acts try to keep open mind watch wise

Has Property

responsible for sentencing convicts ruling in court today

Subevents

alienate condemn or condone could wrong find guilty form opinion about gather facts gather information get judged yourself get sentenced judgement might incorrect justice metered out make decission making ass of yourself might sit on jury sending to prison to will offended will react badly yourself judged

Part Of (Holonyms)

judicature

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

adjudge adjudicate adjudicator authority calculate cerebrate cipher cogitate compute cypher decide declare determine figure functionary hold make up one's mind official reckon resolve settle think work out

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bailiff chancellor chief judge chief justice cojudge heliast judgess law lord lay judge purple judge red judge sheriff sub-judge

Type Of (IsA)

adjudicator in charge in courtroom legal professional official person public sector worker

Manner Of

decide think

Motivated By Goal

assess behavior classify close case convict of crime determing guilt or innocence did wrong dismiss do not know don't know evaluate evaluate skills feel above feel superior form opinion impose will justice responsible for behavior rubbed wrong supreme court justice they're poor worry

Receives Action

supposed to impartial

Related Terms

Justice Justice of the Peace abjudge abjudicate adjudicate arbiter arbitrator classify deem judgment judicator judicial judiciary magistrate magistrate prejudice

Related Terms

abjudge abjudicate adjudicate adjudicator administer american american idol and jury appointee arbiter arbitrate arbitrator assesses assesses court authority authority figure bench bencher black black robe black robes boss call confirmation connoisseur consider court court boss court head court hearings court leader court man court officer court official court person court preside court presiding court referee court related court room court ruler courtroom courtroom boss courtroom leader courtroom member courtroom ruler courtrooms courtrooms lawyers courts critic criticize decide deciding deciding person decision decision maker decisions dispute dread duty evaluate event fate figure form gavel george george washington hammer head head court head person hearings idol in authority in court in courtroom in courtrooms in courts infer job judgment judicator judicial judicial boss judicial officer judicial power judiciary jury jury court justice justice arbiter justice system justiciar label law law maker law occupation law overseer law ruler lawmaker lawyer lawyer bench lawyers leader legal legal official legal opinion legal position legal profession legal professional legislative legislative position magistrate maker making making decisions man member occupation officer official officiate on bench opinion order overseer pass pass opinion person political political appointee position power prejudice preside president president lawyer presiding presiding magistrate profession professional question referee related render robe robes room ruler rules rules court sentence settle sports suppose supreme supreme court system trial trial leader trial official trials umpire washington wears wears robe white white wig wig

Synonym Network

adjudicate appreciate arbitrate believe conclude condemn consider decide decree deemer determine doom esteem estimate evaluator imagine magistrate pronounce reckon regard sentence sheriff suppose think truth try umpire

Used For

decide case

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.