Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "referee" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

football hockey game soccer game sporting event

Capable Of

part two boxers side with opponent time race

Derived Terms

assistant referee match referee ref referee assistant refereeship video assistant referee video referee

Derived From

refer

Context

law sport sports

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

attorney critic critique judge lawyer official review

Type Of (IsA)

lawyer official sports judge

Manner Of

judge review

Related Terms

referral referrer

Related Terms

article book boxing boxing official controls controls game dispute expert football football official game game judge judge letter manuscript official oversees oversees rules publish ref reference rule rules settle shirt sports sports official stripe stripe shirt striped striped shirt stripes umpire

Synonym Network

reviewer

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