What is another word for referee?
Synonyms for referee
ˌrɛf əˈriref·er·ee
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
referee
A judge, in the legal sense, is a judicial officer appointed or elected to preside in courts of law, and to decide legal questions duly brought before him; the name is sometimes given to other legally constituted officers; as, the judges of election; in other relations, any person duly appointed to pass upon the merits of contestants or of competing articles may be called a judge; as, the judges at an agricultural fair, or at a race-track; in the widest sense, any person who has good capacity for judging is called a judge; as, a person is said to be a judge of pictures, or a good judge of a horse, etc. In most games the judge is called an umpire; as, the umpire of a game of ball or cricket. A referee is appointed by a court to decide disputed matters between litigants; an arbitrator is chosen by the contending parties to decide matters in dispute without action by a court. In certain cases an umpire is appointed by a court to decide where arbitrators disagree. Arbiter, with its suggestion of final and absolute decision, has come to be used only in a high or sacred sense; as, war must now be the arbiter; the Supreme Arbiter of our destinies. The judges of certain courts, as the United States Supreme Court, are technically known as justices.
Synonyms:
arbiter, arbitrator, judge, justice, umpire
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
referee
Synonyms:
umpire, arbitrator
Princeton's WordNet
referee, refnoun
(sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play
reviewer, referee, readernoun
someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
Synonyms:
ref, commentator, subscriber, proofreader, lecturer, reader, reviewer, lectorrefereeverb
an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case
referee, umpireverb
be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
Synonyms:
peer review, umpirereferee, peer reviewverb
evaluate professionally a colleague's work
Synonyms:
peer review, umpire
Dictionary of English Synonymes
refereenoun
Synonyms:
arbitrator, arbiter, judge, umpire
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
refereenoun
Synonyms:
umpire, judge, arbitrator, arbiter
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "referee":
arbitrator, arbiter, adjudicator, respondent, interviewee, responding, replying, arbitrators, umpire
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1632 | reader | |
#1818 | justice | |
#2567 | judge | |
#3428 | ref | |
#5112 | reviewer | |
#5623 | subscriber | |
#6676 | respondent | |
#8325 | responding | |
#10903 | lecturer | |
#13976 | referee | |
#20452 | replying | |
#20740 | arbitrator | |
#24568 | commentator | |
#30015 | umpire | |
#37132 | arbitrators | |
#41017 | arbiter | |
#50839 | interviewee | |
#51738 | adjudicator | |
#60874 | lector | |
#77461 | proofreader |
How to use referee in a sentence?
The assistant said it was no goal, but the referee had the courage to give the goal, he took the responsibility and he was right i have to hand him my compliments. It's difficult to judge on the pitch, in a split second.
That doesn't have any credibility, and (Watts) is not happy about being falsely accused. he did not make any racial epithets, and beyond that ... if the referee made the remarks that that's somehow justification that you can assault him?
The goal of VAR is to avoid major mistakes, the objective is not to have clear and obvious mistakes committed on the field of play. This is the target, the goal is not to re-referee the match using technology.
We conceded the goals early, but then the team reacted, i am not going to judge the decisions of the referee, but from the sending-off the team did what it had to do, try to play well and score goals.
Rather than wearing stripes like a referee, the Mueller team overwhelmingly ought to be attired with Democratic donkeys or Hillary t-shirts, not shirts that say ‘Make America Great Again,’ because I think the American people deserve more than the very biased team they have under Mueller, it’s really sad.
Translations for referee
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- حكمArabic
- съдияBulgarian
- rozhodčíCzech
- dømme, dommerDanish
- Schiedsrichterin, schiedsrichtern, Rezensent, Schiedsrichter, LektorGerman
- εισηγητής, διαιτητήςGreek
- arbitrar, árbitro, réferi, revisorSpanish
- epaileBasque
- erotuomari, sovittelija, välimies, tuomaroida, tuomita, suositella, suosittelija, arvioija, arvioida, sovitellaFinnish
- arbitreFrench
- rèitearScottish Gaelic
- bíróHungarian
- arbitroItalian
- 審判, レフェリーJapanese
- 신원보증인, 審判, 중재인, 심사원, 심판Korean
- ArbitterLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- суди, судија, препорачател, вештакMacedonian
- pengadil, wasitMalay
- scheidsrechter, arbiterDutch
- sędziaPolish
- arbitrar, juiz, árbitroPortuguese
- рецензент, судья, арбитр, поручитель, рефери, ампайр, поручительницаRussian
- вјештак, sutkinja, sudac, суткиња, vještak, стручњак, судац, судија, вештак, veštak, sudija, stručnjakSerbo-Croatian
- referens, domare, döma, skiljedomareSwedish
- రిఫరీTelugu
- hakem, bilirkişiTurkish
- рефері, арбітр, суддяUkrainian
- trọng tàiVietnamese
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