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| Main Entry: | referee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who mediates, judges |
| Synonyms: | arbiter, arbitrator, judge, umpire, adjudicator, conciliator, ref |
| Notes: | referee originally referred to a person appointed by the British Parliament to examine patent applications (1621) and was formed from English refer and -ee. The sense of 'an arbitrator or person to whom a dispute is referred' was first recorded in 1690; by 1840 the word acquired the further sense of 'the judge of play in games and sports.' Baseball, boxing, and cricket have umpires; basketball, hockey, rugby, and football have referees - and American football has both. |
| Main Entry: | referee |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | judge, mediate |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, umpire |
| Main Entry: | adjudicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formally judge |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, arbitrate, decide, determine, mediate, referee, settle, umpire |
| Antonyms: | defer, dodge, ignore, not judge |
| Main Entry: | adviser/advisor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who recommends, teaches, or otherwise helps |
| Synonyms: | Dutch uncle, aide, attorney, authority, backseat driver, coach, confidant, consultant, counsel, counselor, director, doctor, expert, friend, guide, helper, instructor, judge, kibitzer*, lawyer, mentor, monitor, partner, priest, referee, teacher, tutor, buttinski, clubhouse lawyer, quarterback, righthand person, second-guesser |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arbiter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who settles dispute |
| Synonyms: | arbitrator, go-between, judge, maven, mediator, moderator, referee, umpire, adjudicator, fixer, holdout, middleperson |
| Main Entry: | arbitrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | achieve settlement |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, adjust, bring to terms, conciliate, decide, determine, interpose, intervene, judge, mediate, meet halfway, negotiate, parley, placate, play ball*, reconcile, referee, settle, smooth, soothe, step in, umpire, come to school, come to terms, hammer out a deal, make a deal, pass judgment, straighten out, strike happy medium, trade off, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | let ride |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arbitrator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settler of a dispute |
| Synonyms: | arbiter, go-between, judge, maven, mediator, referee, umpire, adjudicator, fixer, holdout, middleperson |
| Main Entry: | go-between |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person acting as an agent |
| Synonyms: | arbitrator, attorney, broker, dealer, delegate, deputy, emissary, entrepreneur, envoy, factor, intercessor, intermediary, intermediate, liaison, mediator, medium, messenger, negotiator, proxy, referee, representative, interagent, interceder, intermediator, marriage broker, matchmaker |
| Main Entry: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who arbitrates |
| Synonyms: | arbiter, authority, bench, court, critic, expert, honor, inspector, intercessor, intermediary, interpreter, judiciary, justice, magistrate, marshal, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, referee, umpire, warden, adjudicator, appraiser, assessor, chancellor, conciliator, evaluator, justice of peace, legal official, magister, ombudsman, reconciler |
| Main Entry: | judge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make decision from evidence; deduce |
| Synonyms: | act on, adjudge, adjudicate, appraise, appreciate, approximate, arbitrate, arrive, ascertain, assess, check, collect, conclude, condemn, consider, criticize, decide, decree, deduct, derive, determine, discern, distinguish, doom, draw, esteem, estimate, evaluate, examine, find, gather, make, make out, mediate, place, put, rate, reckon, referee, resolve, review, rule, sentence, settle, sit, suppose, test, try, umpire, value, give a hearing, pass sentence, pronounce sentence, size up |
| Main Entry: | mediate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to bring to an agreement |
| Synonyms: | arbitrate, bring to terms, conciliate, deal, intercede, interfere, intermediate, interpose, intervene, meet halfway*, moderate, negotiate, propitiate, reconcile, referee, resolve, settle, step in, umpire, act as middle, go fifty-fifty, make a deal, make peace, restore harmony, strike happy medium, trade off |
| Antonyms: | argue, contend, disagree, fight |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mediator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who negotiates agreement |
| Synonyms: | advocate, arbiter, arbitrator, broker, go-between*, intermediary, judge, medium, middle person, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, referee, troubleshooter*, umpire, conciliator, fixer, interagent, interceder, intermediator, ref, rent-a-judge |
| Antonyms: | fighter, arguer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moderator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mitigator |
| Synonyms: | mediator, peacemaker, referee, alleviator, pacifier, soother, stabilizer |
| Main Entry: | umpire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who settles dispute |
| Synonyms: | arbiter, arbitrator, inspector, judge, justice, mediator, moderator, negotiator, peacemaker, proprietor, referee, settler, adjudicator, assessor, compromiser, ref, ump |
| Main Entry: | advisor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guide |
| Synonyms: | Dutch uncle, adviser, aide, attorney, authority, backseat driver, coach, confidant, consultant, counsel, counselor, director, doctor, expert, friend, guide, helper, instructor, judge, kibitzer, lawyer, mentor, monitor, partner, priest, referee, teacher, tout, tutor, buttinski, clubhouse lawyer, quarterback, righthand man, second-guesser, tipster |
| Main Entry: | negotiate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bargain, discuss |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adjudicate, adjust, agree, arbitrate, arrange, bring to terms*, bury the hatchet*, compose, concert, conciliate, confer, connect, consult, contract, covenant, cut a deal*, deal, debate, dicker*, haggle, handle, intercede, manage, mediate, moderate, network, parley*, referee, settle, step in*, stipulate, swap, transact, treat, umpire*, work out*, come across with, hammer out a deal, horse trade, make a deal, make peace, make terms, work out a deal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moderate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mediate, arbitrate |
| Synonyms: | chair, judge, negotiate, preside, referee, umpire, make peace, take the chair |
| Antonyms: | turn over |
| Main Entry: | try |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring before a judge |
| Synonyms: | adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, decide, examine, hear, judge, referee, give a hearing, sit in judgment |
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