Social life
Synonyms for judge
Synonyms for judge: try and evaluate. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for judge
- tryverb, in the sense "put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of"
- evaluateverb, in the sense "form a critical opinion of"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of judge, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of
They will judge the case in a federal court.
judge in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The retired colonel agreed to judge the smuggling case brought before the tribal council last spring.
- A visiting magistrate arrived to judge the property dispute that had divided the two families for years.
How it behaves: In this sense, judge usually takes a direct object naming the case, dispute, or trial, and appears in formal legal or civic register.
The true synonym
try
Same sentence, swapped: They will try the case in a federal court.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- guess
- label
- choose
form a critical opinion of
I cannot judge some works of modern art.
The true synonym
evaluate
Same sentence, swapped: I cannot evaluate some works of modern art.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot judge is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- try
- label
- realize
Where judge turns up in the game
judge is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in five other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 5 puzzles where judge is the trap
- endowverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is fund, in the sense "to provide a permanent source of income or funding for", and judge is one of the three tiles that lose.
- hostverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is hold, in the sense "to receive and entertain guests at an event", with judge sitting one tile away.
- mentorverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is guide, in the sense "to advise or train a less experienced person", and judge is one of the three tiles that lose.
- moldverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is shape, in the sense "to shape or form character or material into a particular form", so judge is there to be ruled out.
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The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so judge reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other social life words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. judge carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.