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umpirenoun a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversyusually acts as umpire in the all-too-frequent squabbles between the two other roommates adjudicator, arbiter, arbitrator, judge, referee jurist, justice, magistrateintermediary, intermediate, mediator, mediatrix, moderator, negotiatorconciliator, go-between, peacemaker, reconciler, troubleshooterdecider umpireverbto give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)in our family disputes regarding the use of our home entertainment system are umpired by Dad adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, decide, determine, judge, referee, rule (on), settle consider, deem, deliberate, hear, ponder, weighsize upmediate, moderate, negotiateprosecute, tryfind (for or against)conclude, resolveredetermine, rejudge equivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, skirt in the 15th century |