adjudicator

Definitions

A person or body appointed to settle a dispute or make a formal judgment.

A judge or arbiter who presides over a competition or tribunal.

Examples

The independent adjudicator was brought in to resolve the long-standing dispute between the two companies.

As the final adjudicator of the competition, she had the difficult task of choosing a winner from the talented group of finalists.

Synonyms

judge arbitrator referee umpire mediator justice magistrate

Antonyms

litigant defendant plaintiff contestant disputant accuser party