## Meanings
1. An official who controls a court of law and decides how criminals should be punished.
2. To form an opinion about someone or something.
3. A person who decides the winner in a competition.
4. A person who is good at forming opinions about something.

## Examples
- The judge sentenced him to two years in prison.
- Don't judge people by their appearance.
- The judges gave her the highest score.
- She is a good judge of character.

## Synonyms
- doomsman
- judg
- justice
- justicer
- justiciar
- justiciary

## Antonyms
- nonjudge

## Derived Forms
- forejudge
- forjudge
- ill-judged
- interjudge
- intrajudge
- judge-made
- judge-rapporteur
- judgeable
- judgecraft
- judgedom
- judgeful
- judgeless

## Related Forms
- abjudge
- abjudicate
- adjudicate
- arbiter
- arbitrator
- classify
- deem
- judgment
- judicator
- judicial
- judiciary
- magistrate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂yew-
- Root: jugen
- Root: juger
- Root: jugier
- Root: iūdicō

## Etymology
From Middle English jugen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman juger, from Old French jugier, from Latin iūdicāre. Doublet of judicate. Mostly displaced native deem.

## AI Etymology
Judge comes from Middle English jugen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman juger, from Old French jugier, from Latin iūdicāre. Doublet of judicate. Mostly displaced native deem. The historical line also includes *h₂yew- and iūdicō.

## Topics
- Law & Government

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