Nouns (6)
evaluator, judge
n. an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality
justice, judge, jurist, magistrate
n. a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice
Verbs (20)
judge, determine the result of
v. determine the result of (a competition)
indispose, disqualify, unfit, make unfit
v. make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you"
judge, pass judgment on, form an opinion of
v. form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
label, judge, pronounce
v. pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
try, judge, adjudicate
v. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife"; "The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
estimate, gauge, guess, judge, approximate
v. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (8)
unfit
adj. not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"
unfit
adj. below the required standards for a purpose; "an unfit parent"; "unfit for human consumption"
unfit
adj. (unseaworthy)
unfit, nonkosher, tref, ritually prohibited, ritually unfit
adj. not conforming to dietary laws
Fuzzynyms (192)
analyst
n. an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions
examiner, inspector
n. an investigator who observes carefully; "the examiner searched for clues"
investigator
n. someone who investigates
observer, commentator
n. an expert who observes and comments on something
epicure, gourmet, gastronome, epicurean, bon vivant
n. a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
expert
n. a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
arbiter, arbitrator
n. someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
premier, chancellor, prime minister
n. the person who is head of state (in several countries)
moderator
n. someone who mediates disputes and attempts to avoid violence
take, remove, take away
v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
regard, view, see, reckon, take to be, consider
v. deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do"
esteem, repute, think of, look on as, look upon, regard as, take to be
v. look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent"
admire, look up to
v. feel admiration for
revere, reverence, fear, venerate
v. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"
study, analyze, analyse, examine
v. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
count
v. include as if by counting; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition"
hold, deem, take for, view as
v. keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible"
reward, honor, honour, bring honor to, do honor to
v. bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action"
think, guess, suppose, imagine, reckon
v. expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
assume, presume
v. take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late"
proclaim, promulgate, exclaim
v. state or announce; "`I am not a Communist,' he exclaimed"; "The King will proclaim an amnesty"
declare, announce, announce officially
v. announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"
blazon, emblazon, decorate with heraldic arms
v. decorate with heraldic arms
decree, command by decree, issue a decree
v. issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
ordain
v. issue an order
avow, avouch
v. admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
place, order, range, rate, grade, rank
v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
lecture, advocate, preach
v. speak, plead, or argue in favour of; "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
profess
v. confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist"
swan, affirm, avow, swear, assert, aver
v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"
state, say, tell
v. express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
claim, lay claim to, make a claim to
v. lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
claim, postulate, contend, affirm strongly, assert strongly
v. assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar"
draw, describe, depict
v. represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
clear up, clarify, elucidate
v. make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
elaborate, expatiate, expound, expatiate on, expatiate upon, elaborate on, elaborate upon, flesh out, dilate on, enlarge on, expand on, dilate upon
v. add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"
hold, buy, believe
v. accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits"
narrate, provide a commentary for
v. provide commentary for a film, for example
spin, recount, tell, recite, narrate
v. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
relate, give an account of
v. give an account of; "The witness related the events"
relate
v. have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers"
report, describe, report on
v. give information
report, turn in, inform on
v. make known to the authorities; "One student reported the other to the principal"
referee, umpire
v. be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
mediate, arbitrate
v. act between parties with a view to reconciling differences; "He interceded in the family dispute"; "He mediated a settlement"
control, curb, moderate, restrain, contain, hold in
v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
surmise, suspect
v. imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
price, set the price of
v. determine the price of; "The grocer priced his wares high"
figure, estimate, forecast, reckon, calculate, count on
v. judge to be probable
measure, value, rate, appraise, evaluate, assess, place a valuation on, place a value on
v. place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"
graduate, calibrate, fine tune
v. make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring; "calibrate an instrument"; "graduate a cylinder"
measure, quantify, express as a quantity
v. express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?"
promise, anticipate, prognosticate, foretell, predict, forebode
v. make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
foresee, envision
v. picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him as President"
speculate, indulge in speculations
v. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"
unsuitable
adj. not conducive to good moral development; "the movie is unsuitable for children"
improper
adj. not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"
incompetent, unskilled
adj. not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess"
wrong, inappropriate, incorrect
adj. not in accord with established usage or procedure; "the wrong medicine"; "the wrong way to shuck clams"
inappropriate
adj. not suitable for a particular occasion etc; "noise seems inappropriate at a time of sadness"; "inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach"; "put inappropriate pressure on them"
Synonyms (11)
sick, ill
adj. affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
unhealthy
adj. not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
unsound
adj. not sound financially; "unsound banking practices"
improper
adj. not suitable or right or appropriate; "slightly improper to dine alone with a married man"; "improper medication"
leaky, leaking
adj. (unseaworthy)
unequipped
adj. without necessary physical or intellectual equipment; "guerrillas unequipped for a pitched battle"; "unequipped for jobs in a modern technological society"
defiled, impure
adj. having the purity corrupted; made unclean; "the defiled Temple"
untouchable
adj. defiling to the touch; especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes
Antonyms (16)
qualify, make fit, dispose
v. make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this job"
enable, render capable, render able
v. render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"
reason, think logically
v. think logically; "The children must learn to reason"
fit, healthy
adj. physically and mentally sound or healthy; "felt relaxed and fit after their holiday"; "keeps fit with diet and exercise"
fit, correct, appropriate
adj. meeting adequate standards for a purpose; "a fit subject for discussion"; "it is fit and proper that you be there"; "water fit to drink"; "fit for duty"; "do as you see fit to"
appropriate, suitable, suited
adj. meant or adapted for an occasion or use; "a tractor suitable (or fit) for heavy duty"; "not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy"
judge unfit
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