Antonyms for umpire
ˈʌm paɪərum·pire

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1. umpireverb

   Synonyms:
   referee

2. umpireverb

   To act as an umpire in a game.

   Synonyms:
   referee

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1. umpire

   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, referee

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1. umpire

   Antonyms:
   litigant, disputant

   Synonyms:
   judge, referee, arbiter, arbitrator

Matched Categories

1. • Judge
   • Sport

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1. umpire, umpnoun

   an official at a baseball game

   Synonyms:
   arbitrator, ump, arbiter

2. arbiter, arbitrator, umpireverb

   someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue

   "the critic was considered to be an arbiter of modern literature"; "the arbitrator's authority derived from the consent of the disputants"; "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case"

   Synonyms:
   arbitrator, ump, arbiter, supreme authority

3. referee, umpireverb

   be a referee or umpire in a sports competition

   Synonyms:
   peer review, referee

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1. umpirenoun

   Synonyms:
   referee, judge, arbitrator, arbiter

How to use umpire in a sentence?

1. Nick Kyrgios:

   The same thing happened to me in Shanghai, before, the chair umpire said the same thing. ‘This does not look good for the integrity of the sport. Doesn't have a good look.’ It had no effect at all.

2. Bill Cassidy:

   You have to have an umpire, even if the umpire occasionally gets it wrong, because otherwise you are only accepting analysis by people with motivations define certain answers, and so I am very reluctant to disregard what the CBO score is.

3. Katrina Adams:

   We watch the guys do this all the time, they’re badgering the umpire on the changeovers. Nothing happens. There’s no equality, i think there has to be some consistency across the board. These are conversations that will be imposed in the next weeks. Adams added :.

4. Andy Murray:

   I had no idea about either of the warnings because you can't hear anything on the court, so I'm surprised( the umpire) could hear what I was saying.

5. Stefanos Tsitsipas:

   It's not very pleasant when you have the umpire give you warnings and time violations and coaching violations during a match. It can affect your thinking. It can affect your decision making, i don't know what this chair umpire has in specific against my team but he's been complaining and telling me that my team talks all of the time when I'm out on the court playing.

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