umpire

• adjudge
• adjudicate
• adjudicator
• arbiter
• arbitrate
• arbitrator
• assessor
• compromiser
• conciliator
• conclude
• consider
• decide
• decider
• deem
• deliberate
• determine
• go-between
• hear
• inspector
• intermediary
• intermediate
• judge
• jurist
• justice
• magistrate
• mediate
• mediator
• mediatrix
• moderate
• moderator
• negotiate
• negotiator
• peacemaker
• ponder
• proprietor
• prosecute
• reconciler
• redetermine
• ref
• referee
• rejudge
• resolve
• settle
• settler
• size up
• troubleshooter
• try
• ump
• weigh

• equivocate
• hedge
• pussyfoot
• skirt

• noun
  1. The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
  2. One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
  3. One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
  4. The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
  5. A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
  6. A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
  7. The official who presides over a curling game.
• verb
  1. To act as an umpire in a game.
  2. To decide as an umpire.

• The baseball game halted as the umpire made a decisive call on the disputed play.
• In the intense tennis match, the players anxiously awaited the umpire's ruling on the close shot.
• Parents cheered from the sidelines, hoping the soccer umpire would maintain fair play.
• The cricket bowler raised an eyebrow, questioning the umpire's decision on the LBW appeal.
• As the volleyball soared over the net, the players looked to the umpire for confirmation of the point.

name

negotiate

decide

judge

decider

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