Antonyms for arbiter
ˈɑr bɪ tərar·biter

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1. arbiter

   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:
   arbitrator, judge, justice, referee, umpire

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1. arbiter

   Antonyms:
   appellant, claimant, disputant, litigant

   Synonyms:
   arbitrator, judge, umpire, moderator, director, referee, adjudicator

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1. arbiter, supreme authoritynoun

   someone with the power to settle matters at will

   "she was the final arbiter on all matters of fashion"

   Synonyms:
   arbitrator, umpire, supreme authority

2. arbiter, arbitrator, umpirenoun

   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, umpire, supreme authority

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ARBITER

   Synonyms:
   Arterial Biology for the Investigation of the Treatment Effects of Reducing cholesterol

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1. troublemaker

   not resolving situations in peaceful manner

   the mother wasn't a good arbiter between her daughter's and husband's disagreement.

   Submitted by rinat on January 23, 2016  

How to use arbiter in a sentence?

1. United States:

   We believe China in particular has a responsibility to use its influence with President Vladimir Putin and to defend the international rules and principles that it professes to support, instead, it appears that China is moving in the opposite direction by refusing to condemn this aggression while seeking to portray itself as a neutral arbiter.

2. Brett Kavanaugh:

   A good judge must be an umpire – a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy, i don’t decide cases based on personal or policy preferences. I am not a pro-plaintiff or pro-defendant judge. I am not a pro-prosecution or pro-defense judge. I am a pro-law judge.

3. Digby Warde-Aldam:

   Surely no arbiter in their right mind could have let such hectoring, cultural studies-sanctioned guff slip through the net?

4. John Katko:

   Reports of DHS’s involvement inefforts to be the arbiter of truth onwide-rangingtopics are extremely concerning, this is not DHS’s role,as evidenced by thefierce backlash against and ultimatedisbanding of the Disinformation Governance Board earlier this year. Simply put:The American people do not approve of the department engaging in unclear, unaccountable and opaque efforts led by the Biden administration’s ever-changing definition of ‘truth.’.

5. Kate Middleton uncle:

   But if anyone can bring peace to the royals, Kate can. Kate is a brilliant arbiter and peacemaker.

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